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Contemporary Moral Problems
Book Review Chapter 1: Ethical Theories:
John Rawls: A Theory of Justice
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http://www.amazon.com/Contemporary-Moral-Problems-James-White/dp/0534584306/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233793391&sr=8-1
Quote: “in working out the conception of justice as fairness one main task clearly is to determine which principles of justice would be chosen in the original position.”
I think this statement shows that the working in justice is need to become fair and in order to become successful they must know what are the main beliefs of justice in order for them to gain what is the original position of the justice and to clearly analyze what is happening to the community.
Learning Expectation:
• I want to know who the author of the book is.
• I want to know what is Theory of justice
• I want to gain more knowledge about theory of justice that is applicable in my own life.
• I want to know if these are effective to the people who are reading the chapter.
• I want to adopt all the theories which are indicated on this book.
Review:
To start the review let me first discuss the author of this chapter, a brief introduction of the authors profile, he is John Rawls he is a professor of philosophy at Harvard University, he make many book including the justice as fairness, a Restatement and the law of the peoples.
He believes that there are two principles of justice, the first is the equal basis liberties which means that all people are equal so that they will get exactly what are the freedom compatible to them, second is principle of concern this are the arrangement of social and economic inequalities
To start the review that book tackle the main idea of the theory of justice which shows the meaning of true justice on how they implement it and how the people get the equal justice give the people also. The second topic is the two principles of justice which I said in the second paragraph, all people has the equal rights and justice to get the most extensive liberty of being a human being

What I’ve learned:
• I learned who is the author of the book
• I learned what is the background of the author
• I learned what is the meaning of theory of justice
• I learned that this justice is related now in the present era.
Questions:
1. It is true that all people are treated equally with the right justice?
2. Do you think all the philosophers agree on what he says?
3. It is applicable to the people all over the world?
4. The principles and idea are effective to the country and to the people?
5. This principles exist nowadays in our present period
Citation: (James E. White, St. Cloud State University, 2003)

Review Questions:
What does Dworkin mean by right in the strong sense? What rights in this sense are protected by the U.S. Constitution?
According to the chapter all of us in the world, human being have the right to do their wants and the action they want to do. Because they have the right to do something, and the wrong part is interfering the people. These sense that protected by the U.S constitution is the equal in moral community, equal politics.
Distinguish between legal and moral right. Give some example of legal rights that are not moral right, and moral right that are not legal rights.
Legal right are the right which included in the constitution or in the related to the Government or Country, this will serve as a right for all the people under the same constitution while moral right is like a natural right of a person which does not part of constitutional meaning these are the natural thing that people might experience which involves that morality of a person.
What are the two models of how a government might define the rights of its citizens? Which does Dworkin find more attractive?
There are different model first is the model of balancing the public interest of all people in their personal interest and in the community. Second is the equality in the politics this shows that the government will give the equality in all people same freedom for all the more attractive model Is the second model.
According to Dworkin, what two important ideas are behind the institution or rights?
All the information included in the right case and this will produce the correct values if ideas. The government has the possibility to show that the ideas and values are secured.