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Rawls a Nozick: A Theory of Justice and its Critics
Rod, Marek ; Hauser, Michael (advisor) ; Hogenová, Anna (referee)
The aim of this work is to introduce theory of justice as fairness in John Rawls' book A Theory of Justice and to compare it with its criticism in Robert Nozick' s book Anarchy, State and Utopia. Targeted reader is a person with only the most rudimentary knowledge about the subject. The first part describes the main ideas in A Theory of Justice: its specifications, the two principles of justice comprising its core and Rawls' interpretation of the original position - the mechanism, using which Rawls comes to define the two principles. The second part describes four main points of criticism, that Noick puts forvard against A Theory of Justice: the absence of social microstructures in conceiving the theory, favouritism of individuals who are allready favourited in the society, omitting plausible alternative to Rawls' two principles and inhibition of natural assets in light of their moral arbitrariness. The end of the second part offers comparison between the two opinions from third person point of view - that is, from the point of Michael Sandel.

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