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discrimination, 27, 62, 83–84, 88, 151–53, 170–71, 175, 184, 187, 192, 255
distributive justice: Aristotle’s view, 192–95; initial holdings, 63, 64; Michael Jordan example, 64–66; and moral desert, 160–64; Nozick’s challenge, 62–63; Rawls’s view, 152–53; rival theories, 157; in transfers, 63, 64
diversity, promoting, as affirmative action argument, 171–73, 174, 176–77, 178
Dodia, Suman, 101
Dorgan, Byron, 233
drafting vs. hiring soldiers, 76–91
duty: and categorical imperative, 125–26; comparison with inclination, 112–16, 117, 118, 127, 128; relationship to autonomy, 125; respect as, 123; see also obligations
Dworkin, Ronald, 173, 174, 176, 179, 182
economic inequality, 58–60, 62–63
economic stimulus, 233
effort, as issue with difference principle, 158–60
egalitarianism: liberal proponents, 218–19; and Rawls’s difference principle, 156–57; as theory of distribution justice, 157; in Vonnegut short story, 155–56
empirical beings, 128
entitlements, 63–66, 69–70, 131, 160–63, 174, 219, 231
Environmental Protection Agency, 44–46
Ethiopian Jews, 227–28
executive compensation, 18, 157–58, 162–63
exploding gas tanks, 43–44
failure, bailout bonuses seen as rewarding, 15–17
fairness: in college admissions, 175, 178, 182; in contracts, 142–45, 150; and racial preferences, 173–74; and U.S. Constitution of 1787, 143; in voluntary agreements, 145–46; and volunteer army, 83–84
false promises, 120–21, 122
Falwell, Jerry, 249
family obligations, 225–26
Federal Express, Blackwater comparison with, 89, 90
feudal aristocracies, 153, 157
financial firms, see banks and financial firms
fit, 200–201, 202, 203
flute playing, 187–88
Ford Motor Company, 43–44
foreign legions, 88–89
free market: with formal equality of opportunity, 153–54; Friedman’s view, 164–65; Nozick’s defense, 62–64; and price gouging, 5, 6–7; see also libertarianism; markets, unfettered
Free to Choose (Friedman), 164–65
free will, 126, 129, 131; see also autonomy
freedom: as approach to justice, 6, 9, 10, 19–20, 105, 218–20, 260–61; autonomy vs. heteronomy, 109, 110, 117, 128; and categorical imperative vs. hypothetical imperative, 124; compared with virtue, 9, 12; Kant’s view, 9, 106, 108–109, 123–24, 129, 242; and moral individualism, 213; Rawls’s view, 9, 242; relationship to community, 220–21; relationship to good life, 216, 217; relationship to intelligible world, 127–28; relationship to morality, 123–24, 129; Sprite analogy, 108–109
freedom of choice: and abortion debate, 251, 252; as basis for just society, 62, 70, 95, 106, 108, 219, 220; and same-sex marriage, 256, 257–58, 261; see also libertarianism
French Foreign Legion, 88
French resistance, World War II, 226–27
Friedman, Milton: defense of free-market economy, 164–65; as libertarian, 61–62
Friedrich Wilhelm II (king of Prussia), 134
Gates, Bill, 58, 59
gay marriage, see same-sex marriage
Germany, reparations for Nazi past, 208
gestational surrogacy, 99–101
Godfather, The, 143
Golden Rule, comparison with respect, 124–25
Goldwater, Barry, 219
golf, Martin court case: Aristotelian question of justice, 204; background, 203–204; determining nature of game, 204–205; opposition to golf cart, 206–207; Supreme court case, 204–205, 206
good life: Aristotle and, 9, 187, 193–94, 195, 196, 199–200, 215, 216–17, 242; and justice, 218, 220, 240–43, 260–61; Kant’s view, 9, 216, 217, 242; modern view, 9, 20, 195, 207, 215, 216, 218, 220, 251, 261, 264, 268; Plato’s view, 29; Rawls’s view, 9, 216, 217, 242, 248
Google, 58
Graduate Record Exam (GRE), 169
Grassley, Charles, 16
greed: and price gouging, 7–8; as source of financial bailout outrage, 14–15
Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals (Kant), 105, 116, 132
habits, Aristotle’s view, 197–98, 199
happiness, Aristotle’s view, 196–97
“Harrison Bergeron” short story, 155–56
Hayek, Friedrich A., 61
heteronomy, comparison with autonomy, 109, 110,