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Rawls A Theory of Justice: Comments, Utilitarianism, Rights

Then & Now: Philosophy, History & Politics

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We Must Allow the Captains of Industry to Accumulate Wealth Unimpeded by Social Controls

We must allow the captains of industry to accumulate wealth unimpeded by social controls. That's the difference principle, right? I see what you're saying. But it seems like a significant weakness in the theory that its arguments could be employed to justify a neoliberal economic order. No, it doesn't justify unlimited inequality. It actually justifies very small amounts of inequality. He thinks that once you get to that point, it's very clear that their wealth is harming the rest simply by the amounts of political power they exercise.

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