Suppose That You Are a Liberal Architect of Social Reform

question 48

Short Answer

Suppose that you are a liberal architect of social reform.You and a number of fellow reform architects have basically agreed that a new social contract is needed.
It has two baseline principles of justice,which happen to be identical with John Rawls' two "principles of justice" in Chapter Nine.
Now you must decide how to reform existing social and political institutions in light of these two principles.
Create a fictional dialogue between you and one other reform architect in which you argue about particular reforms,based on these principles.
Reforms can deal with the way wealth is distributed through taxation (and other means),the provision of health care and medical insurance,welfare and other forms of governmental assistance,as well as affirmative action (you may have other reforms you want to add-but don't add too many!).
Try to keep it real (that is,reforms should be possible to implement).And remember,you're looking at distributive justice,so issues of equality are of paramount importance.

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