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This 3 page paper examines two articles that fault conservative economic thinking, consider what response the authors might make, and the validity of those responses. Bibliography lists 3 sources
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there are still those with the courage to point out the weaknesses and inequalities in the doctrines that the right wing supports. This paper examines two articles that fault
conservative economic thinking, consider what response the authors might make, and the validity of those responses. Discussion The first article is "John Rawls and the Liberal Faith" by Peter
Berkowitz. Berkowitzs article is difficult, because Rawlss reasoning is dense and hard to understand. But in sum, it seems that Berkowitz is saying that Rawls, though he tried
to formulate a reasonable understanding of "the logic of morality ... and the basic legal and political institutions that flow from it," particularly with regard to the concept of "public
reason," ended up contradicting himself. What Rawls apparently hopes to do is find a tenable relationship between reason and morality. He attempts to do so by starting
from what he calls "the original position," which is a "hypothetical state ... that Rawls constructs in order to determine what choices about basic principles a perfectly reasonable person would
make if asked to design a society from scratch" (Berkowitz, 2002). In order to make sure that the people designing this society are "reasonable," Rawls puts them behind a
"veil of ignorance" so that they are unaware of such things as their social status, friends and family, health, politics, height, weight, even sex (gender) (Berkowtiz, 2002). All they
know is that in the new society all humans will share four traits: "desires that require the cooperation of others to satisfy; rationality; a sense of justice; and "a
capacity to formulate ideas about what is good" (Berkowitz, 2002). This is the "original position." According to Rawls, "anyone in the original position would rationally choose to live under
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