Short Essay Question on Social-Political Philosophy
How is Aristotle different from Hobbes and Locke (together) regarding the concept of social justice, and
how does Rawls attempt to bring the two views together?
(Break the question down into these parts):
- What is the difference between Aristotle's, Hobbes-and-Locke's, and Rawls' accounts of justice?
- What are the reasons that Aristotle, Hobbes-Locke, and Rawls give for why we form civil societies?
- What are Hobbes-Locke objections to Aristotle's view, and the Aristotle-Rousseau response to those
objections?
- How is Hume's objection to the Hobbes-Locke view similar to Nozick's objection to Rawls?
- What difference would it make to adopt a communitarian (Aristotle), libertarian (Locke-Nozick), or
liberal (Rawls) view of social justice?