Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Carmichael, Charles Benjamin Author's Email Address ccarmichael2@student.gsu.edu URN etd-05052009-134100 Title The Proper Metric of Justice in Justice As Fairness Degree Master of Arts Department Philosophy Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Andrew Jason Cohen Committee Co-Chair Christie Hartley Committee Co-Chair Andrew I. Cohen Committee Member Keywords
- Amartya Sen
- Metric of justice
- John Rawls
- Justice as fairness
- Capabilities
- Disabled
- Theory of justice
- Norman Daniels
Date of Defense 2009-04-15 Availability unrestricted Abstract I explore the problem of using primary goods as the index for determining the least-advantaged members in a society in Rawls’s theory of justice. I look at the problems presented to Rawls by Amartya Sen and his capabilities approach. I discuss the solutions to Sen’s problems given by Norman Daniels, who argues that primary goods are able to take capabilities into account. Finally, I supplement Daniels, arguing that the parameters Rawls uses to define his theory limit Sen’s objection and that primary goods are the appropriate metric of justice in Rawls’s theory.Files
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