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Rawls A Theory of Justice: Comments, Utilitarianism, Rights

Then & Now: Philosophy, History & Politics

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Utilitarianism Isn't the Greatest Good for All

Pez63 says, the depiction of Rawls' arguments against utilitarianism make him look like he doesn't understand utilitarianism at all. "I'm not sure if this depiction of Rawl's argument was accurate or if maybe the summary left I had a few key details," Pez63 writes. He argues that there is no mechanism within the utilitarian framework for upholding rights of individual people.

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