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This 4 page paper examines the issue of health care and whether or not it should be a right in the United States. The paper supports the position that it should be and cites examples from the works of Kant, Rawls and others. A Christian view is taken.
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and accessible for everyone. Many philosophers would agree with this stance. Rawls for example takes a Kantian position in creating his original philosophical work called A Theory of Justice. Obviously,
his ideas reflect the notion that people know right from wrong intrinsically and that every human being deserves to be treated fairly. A major point that jumps from its pages
is that the principles of justice he outlines would naturally be chosen by rational man. Thus, any free and rational person would always choose his position. While apparently simplistic, it
essentially defends the notions of a priori knowledge and contends that there is an objective right and wrong, not just an opinion of each position. This book provides a
political theory based on the philosophical premises noted above. One major question that A Theory of Justice poses is what people would agree to if they did not know
their social positions. In other words, if one was not aware of his or her class position, race, sex or any other demographic, what political ideology would the person be
likely to hold? This proposal is a distinguishing feature of this philosophical work. Rawls uses the hypothetical idea as a springboard for discussion. It is a way to present his
theory on justice and what is right and wrong. Rawls view is basically that any rational human being would support his particular notions; some of these are, in brief, that
every person should have equal access to basic liberties and that those who are the most needy should receive the greatest benefits from society. He writes: "...certain sorts of rules,
those defining basic liberties, apply to everyone equally and that they allow the most extensive liberty compatible with a like liberty for all" (Rawls 56). Clearly, basic access to health
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