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Rawls on Justice

Talking Politics: HISTORY OF IDEAS

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Rawls - The Difference Principle, the Maxi Min Principle

John Rawls: Rules prioritizes liberty, rules is a small L liberal. He thinks we would all agree from behind the veil of ignorance if we didn't know that we were disadvantaged or advantaged. The freedom principle is there to stop people selling their freedom; the discrimination principle stops people being discriminated against. And then there is one more principle, and this is the one that tends to gather the most attention from people who read Rawls.

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