Liberal constitutional democracy is supposed to ensure that each citizen is free and equal and protected by basic rights and liberties.
Justice is the first virtue of social institutions. - John Rawls
Justice is the first virtue of social institutions.
- John Rawls
The fairest rules are those to which everyone would agree if they did not know how much power they would have. - John Rawls
The fairest rules are those to which everyone would agree if they did not know how much power they would have.
A just society is a society that if you knew everything about it, you'd be willing to enter it in a random place. - John Rawls
A just society is a society that if you knew everything about it, you'd be willing to enter it in a random place.
The bad man desires arbitrary power. What moves the evil man is the love of injustice. - John Rawls
The bad man desires arbitrary power. What moves the evil man is the love of injustice.
The intolerant can be viewed as free-riders, as persons who seek the advantages of just institutions while not doing their share to uphold them. - John Rawls
The intolerant can be viewed as free-riders, as persons who seek the advantages of just institutions while not doing their share to uphold them.
The natural distribution is neither just nor unjust; nor is it unjust that persons are born into society at some particular position. These are simpl… - John Rawls
The natural distribution is neither just nor unjust; nor is it unjust that persons are born into society at some particular position. These are simpl…
Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought. A theory however elegant and economical must be rejected or re… - John Rawls
Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought. A theory however elegant and economical must be rejected or re…
The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance. - John Rawls
The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.
Justice as fairness provides what we want. - John Rawls
Justice as fairness provides what we want.
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