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| Discrimination: Discrimination is the unfair or prejudicial treatment of people and groups based on characteristics such as race, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, or disability. See also Racism._____________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 Discrimination - Dictionary of Arguments
I 331 Discrimination/Sexual Practices/Rawls: when we say that certain sexual relations are degrading and embarrassing and should be banned on this basis, even if only for the benefit of individuals, regardless of their actual desires, it is often because the principles of justice do not apply here. Instead, we fall back here on terms that are used in connection with excellence. >Perfectionism/Rawls. We are probably influenced by subliminal aesthetic preferences and personal feelings of ownership. Individuals, class and group differences are often sharp and irreconcilable. Solution/Rawls: Instead of relying on uncertain perfectionist criteria, we should rely on the principles of justice, which have a better defined structure(1)(2)(3). RawlsVsPerfectionism: here again it is shown that perfectionism is not a suitable basis for social justice. >Perfectionism. 1. See Patrick Devlin, The Enforcement of Morals (London, 1965). 2. See also L. A. Hart Law, Liberty and Morality (Stanford, 1963). 3. See also Brian Barry, Political Argument (London, 1965)._____________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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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-19