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Many of our most serious conflicts are conflicts within ourselves. Those who suppose their judgement...

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Justice as Fairness: A Restatement

[E]ach person is to have an equal right to the most extensive basic liberty compatible with a simila...

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A Theory of Justice

Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought. A theory howe...

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Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought.

The refusal to take part in all war under any conditions is an unworldly view bound to remain a sect...

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In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function...

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The bad man desires arbitrary power. What moves the evil man is the love of injustice.

The sense of justice is continuous with the love of mankind.

First: each person is to have an equal right to the most extensive liberty compatible with similar l...

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We try to show that the well-ordered society of justice as fairness is indeed possible according to ...

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Justice as Fairness: A Restatement

Thus I assume that to each according to his threat advantage is not a conception of justice.

A Theory of Justice

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John Rawls

Philosopher

Born: 1921-02-21

Died: 2002-11-24

John Bordley Rawls (21 February 1921 – 24 November 2002) was an American philosopher, and a leading figure in moral and political philosophy. He held the James Bryant Conant University Professorship at Harvard University and the Fulbright Fellowship at Christ Church, Oxford. His magnum opus, A Theory of Justice (1971), was hailed at the time of its publication as "the most important work in moral philosophy since the end of World War II, and is now regarded as one of the primary texts in political philosophy.More