A Theory of Justice: Original EditionJohn Rawls aims to express an essential part of the common core of the democratic tradition—justice as fairness—and to provide an alternative to utilitarianism, which had dominated the Anglo-Saxon tradition of political thought since the nineteenth century. Rawls substitutes the ideal of the social contract as a more satisfactory account of the basic rights and liberties of citizens as free and equal persons. “Each person,” writes Rawls, “possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of society as a whole cannot override.” Advancing the ideas of Rousseau, Kant, Emerson, and Lincoln, Rawls’s theory is as powerful today as it was when first published. |
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... Expectations 90 16. Relevant Social Positions 95 17. The Tendency to Equality 100 18. Principles for Individuals : The Principle of Fairness 108 19. Principles for Individuals : The Natural Duties 114 CHAPTER III . THE ORIGINAL POSITION ...
... Expectations and Moral Desert 310 49. Comparison with Mixed Conceptions 315 50. The Principle of Perfection 325 CHAPTER VI . DUTY AND OBLIGATION 333 51. The Arguments for the Principles of Natural Duty 333 52. The Arguments for the ...
... expectations being severely disappointed . Moreover , the execution of these plans should lead to the achievement of social ends in ways that are efficient and consistent with justice . And finally , the scheme of social cooperation ...
... expectations of life determined , in part , by the political system as well as by economic and social circumstances . In this way the institutions of society favor certain starting places over others . These are especially deep ...
... expectations to which they give rise . There is no reason to 3. Nicomachean Ethics , 1129b_1130b5 . I have followed the interpretation of Gregory Vlastos , “ Justice and Happiness in The Republic , ” in Plato : A Collection of Critical ...