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POLITICAL THEORY
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Title Original Positioning
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Institution
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Original Positioning
The concept of original positioning was coined by philosopher John Rawls as a replacement of the state of nature concept that had been invented by Thomas Hobbes.in this idea, the core principles, and structure of society is determined by the people who live in it. The idea assumes that individuals in an individual community are all independent and equal and that they jointly agree and dedicate themselves to fundamental guidelines that govern their social and political justice systems. In this concept, the people or parties in society are provided with a list of principles from which they analyze and choose those policies that are best suited to their context.According to Rawl, the most relevant law in the political justice is one that gives underlying rights to all citizens while the second provides fair and equal opportunities for education and employment.
The veil of ignorance is a method of determining whether an issue is right or wrong, guided by the assumption that members in the original position are ignorant in the society.Whenever these individuals are charged the role of making the law and guidelines of their community, they do so without prejudice as they do not know what their position they will hold in society in future and how their current decisions will affect their future.
In the fight against corruption, people should wear a veil of ignorance. The fight against corruption should bot be based on one;s position in society as at the time the principles on the fight against corruption are being made. However, people should look at eradicating corruption, regardless of its harm to them to save the posterity. The concept of original positioning can be used by politicians to help solve some issued affecting the poor in society such as inadequate medical care services of education. It is often unlikely that the politicians would want to be associated with the poor. Hence, they will tend to devise ways to help the get out of poverty.
References
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Ries, A. & Trout, J. (1982). Positioning. New York, N.Y.: Warner.
