John Rawls on Idealization - Philosophy Lexicon of Arguments

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Idealization: idealization is a simplification of theories for the purpose of generalization. A) Before starting an investigation in physics, e.g. the assumption of a mass point, i.e. a practical impossibility, which, however, simplifies the calculation and delivers correct results. B) Subsequently, for example, the smoothing of the course of a curve of measured values. See also Theories, measurements. _____________ 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.

Rawls, John Books on Amazon	Idealization	I 24 Idealization/Utilitarianism/Ideal legislator/Rawls: the adopted ideal legislator in utilitarianism is not different from an entrepreneur who makes decisions for the well-being of his entire company - here the whole society. This is the result of the utilitarian identification of the different people in a society with a single assumed total person by the impartial observer. _____________ 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.	Rawl I J. Rawls A Theory of Justice: Original Edition Oxford 2005

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