d, could wind up with nothing. The worst possible outcome in this case would be earning no money at all. The third possibility would be based on the Difference Principle. This economy has regulated capitalism and protects the worst off. For instance, with unequal wages, some people will be earning a great deal more than others. The least advantaged will receive $20,000 dollars no matter what. So we see here, that with the Difference Principle, we still maintain the society's justice while in the same note raising the least advantaged citizen's standard of living. Therefore, not only is it a just society, but all members benefit from the unequal distribution of wealth. With this rise in income, citizens can afford more than the bare necessities. They will develop a greater capacity to save and will increase their economic growth over time. These being the facts, all members of society will eventually choose the difference principle on their own.Rawls states, "Social and economic inequalities are to be arranged so that they are both to the greatest benefit of the least advantaged, consistent with the just savings principle" (Rawls, 302). The question now is what determines the least advantaged in a society? Rawls seems to consider them as members of the lower social class or those who have an income lower than the society's average. He also suggests that unskilled workers should be grouped with the least advantaged. Yet I feel that he fails to consider the unemployed in the development of his principle, for they would earn far below the average income. You would assume that work would have to be a condition in this theory. If one was not making an effort to become employed, I would consider it completely unjust for him still to receive a free minimum income in which others work hard to acquire.The original position, which states, "rational persons in the initial situation would chose its principles over those of the other for...
