A Theory of Justice: Original EditionHarvard University Press, 31. mar. 2005 - 624 sider John 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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... accept the same principles of justice , and ( 2 ) the basic social institutions generally satisfy and are generally known to satisfy these principles . In this case while men may put forth excessive demands on one another , they ...
... accept in an initial position of equality as defining the fundamental terms of their association . These principles are to regulate all further agreements ; they specify the kinds of social cooperation that can be entered into and the ...
... accepted . In working out the conception of justice as fairness one main task clearly is to determine which principles ... accept a basic structure merely because it maximized the algebraic sum of advantages irrespective of its permanent ...
... accept the first part of the theory ( or some variant thereof ) , but not the other , and conversely . The concept of the initial contractual situation may seem reasonable although the particular principles proposed are rejected . To be ...
... accept certain moral principles . Moreover , the undertakings referred to are purely hypothetical : a contract view holds that certain principles would be accepted in a well - defined initial situation . The merit of the contract ...