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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... original position , as I shall refer to it , is that of the most philosophically favored interpretation of this initial choice situation for the purposes of a theory of justice . But how are we to decide what is the most favored ...
... a certain way . For example , we are confident that religious intolerance and racial discrimination are unjust . We think that we have examined these things with care and have reached what we believe is 19 4. The Original Position.
... is also an intuitive notion that suggests its own elaboration , so that led on by it we are drawn to define more clearly the standpoint from which we can best interpret moral relationships . We 21 4. The Original Position.
Original Edition John Rawls. the outcome of a certain choice situation . Now being rational , the persons in the original position recognize that they should consider the priority of these principles . For if they wish to establish ...
... original position , there would be strong reasons for accepting it , since it is rational to introduce further coherence into our common convictions of justice . Indeed , once we look at things from the standpoint of the initial situation ...