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| Common sense: In philosophy, common sense refers to basic, universally held beliefs that serve as a foundation for rational thought. Main representatives of common sense philosophy include Thomas Reid, G.E. Moore, and other philosophers in the Scottish School of Common Sense in the 18th and 19th centuries._____________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 Stuart Mill on Common Sense - Dictionary of Arguments
Rawls I 304 Common Sense/Mill/Rawls: the maxims of justice cannot be based solely on the Common Sense: For example, wages should be paid to everyone I 305 according to his/her commitment and his/her contribution. These are contradictory provisions in themselves! Nor can they be weighted against each other.(1) >Justice. RawlsVsMill: but that doesn't mean that utilitarianism is needed as a solution, as Mill apparently believed. >Utilitarianism. For example, a company that needs employees must also invest in the training of the underqualified in order to benefit its own interests. It will later incur even higher costs because they will then have to pay the employees higher wages. >Income, >Education, >Education Policy. I 307 Common Sense/RawlsVsMill: None of the maxims of common sense can be elevated to the rank of a principle of justice. Any one of them would cause distortion. I 308 This has to do with the inefficiencies of the market.(2) >Principles, >Markets. 1. J. St. Mill, Utilitarianism, ch. V, par. 30. 2. Mark Blaug, Economic Theory in Retrospect, (Cambridge, 1962) pp. 434f._____________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. |
Mill I John St. Mill A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, London 1843 German Edition: Von Namen, aus: A System of Logic, London 1843 In Eigennamen, Ursula Wolf, Frankfurt/M. 1993 Mill II J. St. Mill Utilitarianism: 1st (First) Edition Oxford 1998 Rawl I J. Rawls A Theory of Justice: Original Edition Oxford 2005 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-29