All the tricky stuff made easy.
Distributive justice.
As espoused by: John Rawls.
He says: "The guiding idea is that the principles of justice for the basic structure of society are the object of the original agreement."
In other words: If everyone would agree on it, it's the best thing to do.
Language games.
As espoused by: Ludwig Wittgenstein.
He says: "The limits of my language mean the limits of my world."
In other words: Language takes us for a ride.
Source: i.imgur.com
Natural rights.
As espoused by: John Locke.
He says: "Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself."
In other words: You have some rights that can't be taken away.
Optimism.
Espoused by: Gottfried Leibniz.
He said: "God is absolutely perfect, since perfection is nothing but magnitude of positive reality, in the strict sense, setting aside the limits or bounds in things which are limited."
In other words: God made this rubbish world and it's the best of the lot.
