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Rawls' Theory of Justice

In Our Time: Philosophy

CHAPTER

The Difference Principle

Inequalities of income and wealth are to be to the advantage of everyone. But Rawls, I think, ratchets up a notch and says it's not just that they've got to be toThe worst off as well off as possible. And if we could improve their position without making anyone else fall below where those people were, then our society is unjust. So justice requires us to make the worst off group as welloff as possible. As far as I know, no society has ever achieved anything even close to that. What do you think would be on that? Is it achievable? Well, it's a lovely idea. I'm pushing it.

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