I referenced him because I recall that he comes to a very strong conclusion- that a moral society should have agreed-upon laws based on the premise of the “original position”. He was the first philosopher that came to mind when I was trying to think of examples of a hard statement that is neither a “proposition” to be explored, nor the conclusion from an observable fact.
I mean, I’m pretty sure his conclusion is a “proposition.” It has premises, and I could construct it logically if you wanted.
In fact, I don’t understand his position to be “that a moral society should have agreed-upon laws” at all, but rather his use of the original position is an attempt to isolate and discover the principles of distributive justice, and that’s really his bottom line.
I referenced him because I recall that he comes to a very strong conclusion- that a moral society should have agreed-upon laws based on the premise of the “original position”. He was the first philosopher that came to mind when I was trying to think of examples of a hard statement that is neither a “proposition” to be explored, nor the conclusion from an observable fact.
I mean, I’m pretty sure his conclusion is a “proposition.” It has premises, and I could construct it logically if you wanted.
In fact, I don’t understand his position to be “that a moral society should have agreed-upon laws” at all, but rather his use of the original position is an attempt to isolate and discover the principles of distributive justice, and that’s really his bottom line.