Sublime

logicality

rationality;

Bentham. In the case of the latter, his rejection is based on the view that law is more than the decree of a gunman: a command backed by a sanction.

The difference principle is concerned with the structural inequalities that affect the life prospects of different social groups—those that result from the way we organize our social and economic institutions—rather than inequalities that inevitably arise as people make choices and go about their lives.[58] It requires no more interference than any

Aristotle argued that justice based on fair treatment of the individual leads to a fair society, whereas Plato, looking at the big picture, thought fairness to society was of primary importance and individual cases were judged in order to achieve that end.

Central to Kant’s moral philosophy are two deceptively simple theses: if the rules of morality are rational, they must be the same for all rational beings, in just the way that the rules of arithmetic are; and if the rules of morality are binding on all rational beings, then the contingent ability of such beings to carry them out must be

Identity in heroic society involves particularity and accountability. I am answerable for doing or failing to do what anyone who occupies my role owes to others and this accountability terminates only with death. I have until my death to do what I have to do. Moreover this accountability is particular. It is to, for and with specific individuals