SUS1501 Assignment 4 2025 Due 12 September 2025

SUS1501 ASSIGNMENT 4 2025
DUE 12 SEPTEMBER 2025

Is This OK?
1. Analysis of the Inequalities Using John Rawls’ Principles

a) Principle of Equal Liberty

Rawls’ first principle states that every person has an equal right to the most extensive
basic liberties compatible with the same liberties for all. In the cobalt mining context, this
principle is violated. Children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are deprived
of their basic rights such as safety, education, and freedom of choice when they are
forced to work in dangerous mines. Meanwhile, tech billionaires like Elon Musk enjoy
full liberties, including economic and political freedom, built on the labor of those