Ethicist: A society is just when, and only when, first, each person has an equal right to basic liberties, and second, inequalities in the distribution of income and wealth are not tolerated unless these inequalities are to everyone's advantage and are attached to jobs open to everyone.
The stimulus sets out two conditions that are both sufficient and necessary for a just society. Note that the second condition is itself an entire conditional relationship with two of its own necessary conditions! The stimulus can be diagrammed as follows:
We need to find the right application. We can conclude a society is just if it meets both conditions listed in the stimulus:
1. Everyone has an equal right to basic liberties.
2. If income and wealth inequalities are tolerated, then those inequalities must be to everyone’s benefit and must also stem from jobs that are open to everyone.
Otherwise, if a society fails any of those conditions, we can conclude that it is not just.
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