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Priorities: Priorities are the things that are most important for a person. They are the things that the person focusses on and that the person gives the most time and attention to. See also Preferences, Actions, Action theory, Decisions, Strategies, Planning.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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John Rawls on Priorities - Dictionary of Arguments

I 39
The problem of priorities/principles/Rawls: this is about establishing the priority of the fair or the law before the good.
>Law
, >The Good.
"Lexical Order": the requirement to fulfil a principle before the following principle can be fulfilled. Principle of freedom, principle of equal opportunities, difference principle.
>Principles/Rawls, >Difference Principle, >Freedom, >Equality of Opportunity.
I 40
Intuitionism: denies that there is a solution to the problem of priorities.
>Intuitionism.
I 40/41
Principles/UtilitarianismVsIntuitionism/Rawls: tries to avoid this indeterminacy, which weight is to be attached to the individual principles, and instead to set the principle of usefulness as the supreme one.
>Utilitarianism, cf. >Preferences.

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Rawl I
J. Rawls
A Theory of Justice: Original Edition Oxford 2005


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