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Justice: what’s the right thing to do?

April 26, 2016April 27, 2016 sanjay perera

Is it just to tax the rich to help the poor? John Rawls says we should answer this question by asking what principles you would choose to govern the distribution of income and wealth if you did not know who you were, whether you grew up in privilege or in poverty. Continue reading Justice: what’s the right thing to do?

Making moral philosophy relevant again: the rent across the ‘veil of ignorance’

August 5, 2014June 13, 2021 sanjay perera

by Sanjay Perera Then I knew that the sign I had asked for was not a little thing, not a passing nod of recognition and a phrase came back to me from my childhood of the veil of the temple … Continue reading Making moral philosophy relevant again: the rent across the ‘veil of ignorance’

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