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A theory of justice

Book • 1971
In 'A Theory of Justice,' John Rawls develops a moral theory of justice as fairness, which is an alternative to utilitarianism.

The theory is based on the social contract approach and uses the concept of the original position and the veil of ignorance to derive two principles of justice.

The first principle, the greatest equal liberty principle, ensures that each person has an equal right to the most extensive total system of equal basic liberties compatible with a similar system of liberty for all.

The second principle, which includes the difference principle and the equal opportunity principle, states that social and economic inequalities are to be arranged so that they are to the greatest benefit of the least advantaged and attached to offices and positions open to all under conditions of fair equality of opportunity.

Rawls's theory aims to reconcile liberty and equality in a well-ordered society.

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Melvyn Bragg
as the most influential book in 20th-century political philosophy.
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as an example of an author who published significant work later in life.
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Samuel Moyn
in a discussion about welfare states and economic redistribution.
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Tyler Cowen
, discussing Rawls's theory of justice and the veil of ignorance.
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in the discussion about liberalism and identitarianism.
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in the context of his theory of justice.
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Martha Nussbaum
in the context of comparing her work to his and discussing areas of agreement and disagreement.
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Jonah Goldberg
as a philosopher whose concept of the veil of ignorance is seen as a philosophical defense of technocracy.
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Dwayne Betts
as a book included in the Freedom Reads Project.
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