John Rawls believed that the greatness your future may or not behold stems solely from the things you were taught and the talents you were given at birth, and as a child. John Rawls philosophy is that even with meritocracy you will never be put ahead of someone who is naturally talented. You were either born into a family that raised you to be successful or you were not. However, John Rawls mentions that even those who are naturally talented can not claim credit because there success may rely on factors such as birth order.
John Rawls also thought that being paid insane amounts of money to do something you were born talented at is unfair. Unless you were using some of that money to give back to the people who lack talent in such things. For instance in the lecture they mentioned the salary of supreme court judge Sandra Day O’Connor ($200,000) with the salary of television’s Judge Judy ($25 million). To no surprise, John Rawls would not approve of the pay difference. When I heard John Rawls's take on Greed an wealth of the talented people, It made me think about what his opinion would be toward the current actions of anonymous. I wonder if he were still alive, if he would reject the protesting or support it. Based off what I learned from the lecture, I think John Rawls would want to take part in the protesting and would support the occupy groups. John Rawls was most likely ashamed by present day America with all the overpaid athletes and bone head celebrities. Although, in many instances his theories prove correct. The rich are richer and the poor are getting poorer.
However, I believe that groups such as Anonymous would give John Rawls hope, and maybe even put his theories to the test. Anonymous is a public group of secret members, who claim to be activists for freedom and truth. They claim to be ideas without origin. It started with image board in japan. Then they created an image board in English (4chan).Where Anonymous only grew in numbers. Annonymous as I mentioned is public and completely diverse. Holding member of various skill sets, though some are childlike and immature, there are also educated and skilled members. Anonymous has been know for actions such as stealing private information, and taking down inappropriate websites for justice. I don't fully agree with the idea that hard work will never compare to natural talent. Also, the idea that people who come from impoverished families should be given charity by wealthy families. In most cases that theory may hold truth, but not all. I think John Rawls needed to put more faith in the underdog.
I personally think John Rawls would be proud of the current cover of Time magazine.(Person of the year: The Protester) I feel John Rawls almost thought of life as a race, It all depends on where you start that determines the outcome of how far you will go. That's why I believe he would be proud of the “underdogs” for fighting against the greed and ridiculous wealth that belong to a select few. John Rawls seemed like he was all about the idea that the talented and wealthy can have tons of money, as long as they help the less fortunate. Many wealthy American do give back to the community by giving to charities, but there are also many wealthy people who could care less. I am not sure how John Rawls would feel about all the hacking anonymous does.
In conclusion, John Rawls believed that the success in your life is determined by your beginning and that no matter how hard you work the person with the “easier” beginning, or farther start will end up ahead of you. Which I do not believe. Also, John Rawls believed that natural talent was more efficient than motivation and effort. John Rawls also believed that the wealthy should have to give some of their money to the less fortunate, because they can not take credit for their natural talent. I mentioned that I personally believed John Rawls would find anonymous and the occupy groups intriguing, because they are joining together to fix what they see as wrong in the world.
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