A Theory of Justice by John Rawls

                                                                           THEORY OF JUSTICE

         A theory of justice is an effort to define social jutice. According to Merriam Webster-Dictionary, justice is the process or results of using laws to fairly judge and punish crimes and criminals. This theory of justice by John Rawls revolves around the adaptation of two principles of justice, which are the liberty and wealth. He also introdces the veil of ignorance in which the entire person in the social would be placed in a situation which is called the original position.

          In Baltimore, Maryland there is a man who was born on February 21, 1921 and he's name is John Bordley Rawls. He was an American and political philosopher. He is the second of five sons of William Lee Rawls which is the most prominent attorneys in Baltimore, and Ann Abell Stump Rawls. He is the philosopher who held the James Bryant Conant University Professorship at Harvard University, and published several book and many articles. He is well known for his book a theory of justice that has greatly influenced modern political thought. His death was on November 24, 2002 at the age of  81 causing several strokes.

          A theory of justice by John Rawls begins with the idea of justice as fairness. He considers justice is a matter of the organization and internal division of society. Rawls look at the principle, which are two. One is liberty that each person is to have equal rights to the most extensive of equal basic liberties compatible with a similar system of liberty for all. Second is wealth that social and economic position is to be everyone's advantage and open to all. This hypothetical position approximated by using the thought experiment of the veil of ignorance. If no one could know what place he/she would occupy in the society being formed, what arrangement of the society would a rational peson choose? Rawls maintains that the choice of would be for a social structure that would best benefit the unknown chooser if she or he happened to end up in the least desirable position. Rawls deals with ends of thinking about social justice. He also argues for the need to have a theory of goodness and make a case for seeing goodness as rationality. Finally, he examines the good of justice, or how justice is connected to goodness.

          In my own analysis, the theory of justice by John Rawls is all about the two principles, which are liberty and wealth. In which the liberty states that the right of each person should have equal rights to have compatible with other liberties and enjoying the same liberties. And wealth states that social and economic positions are for everyone's advantage and open to all so that no one person would be blocked from any occupying positions. He also proposes that the most reasonable principle is those individual would agree to the veil of ignorance which is person should know what place he/she would occupy in the society. It supports that each person has different end goals, background and talents, each need to have a fair chance to develop those talents to pursue those goals. However, it is not our responsibility to assure the accomplishment of another person's goal. We should accept those principles beacuse those principles promote equality to all.

          I therefore, conclude that this theory promote equality. It shows us on how to deal with other people, to accept and to know our position in the society. And because we are in fair equality we may eliminate all forms of discrimination and discretion of races, ethnic origin, social standard and religious illiberalism and beliefs. All of those characteristics are a component of the individual person thus making him/her individual. Justice is only succumbed when the liberties of an individual are affected because of an external opinion of these characteristics and in the oppression of those characteristics upon another. As I said, we should accept this theory because it promotes equality to all