Restructuring of Distributive Rules of Products (2): Social Security

The motive of human fellowship is not easy to grasp. But when we consider the present state of social security and social welfare in terms of whether they are properly constructed, this question is quite important because human fellowship and self-interest are two factors/motives that support such efforts. Rawls dealt with the two motives in an inconsistent manner. His analytical method of reflective equilibrium studies self-interest in the process of making social principles and studies human fellowship in terms of the subsequent justification process. However, there is no assurance that the resulting social situations coincide. Sociobiology argues that altruism, a type of human fellowship, does exist but was originally controlled by selfish genes and that this altruism for selfish reasons might develop further into a stage of “nobility” if people come to understand that greater, wider human cooperation will assure the survival of their own genes. Conversely, we may also be able to argue that kind acts and human fellowship have been embedded in humanity from the beginning. Further research is required to verify these views, but either way, in today’s circumstances, where humans seem to experience an unstable life in an era of globalizing, harsher competitiveness in the market economy, both approaches seem to show the necessity of strengthening the supporting elements of the social system, the social security.