The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.
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…
The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance. - John Rawls
Justice as fairness provides what we want. - John Rawls
Justice as fairness provides what we want.
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…
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