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A Theory of Justice
A Theory of Justice | John Rawls
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Since it appeared in 1971, John Rawls's "A Theory of Justice" has become a classic. The author has now revised the original edition to clear up a number of difficulties he and others have found in the original book. 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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“Someone who has himself inoculated against a contagious disease helps others as well as himself; and while it may not put him to obtain this protection, it may be worth it to the local community when all advantages are tallied up.”
- Rawls on vaccines and positive externalities

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“[In a just society] the principle of loyal opposition is recognized, the clash of political beliefs, and of the interests and attitudes that are likely to influence them, are accepted as a normal condition of human life.”

BookishMarginalia Rawls brings memories of my undergrad days! 4y
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Remember, “[t]he case for [x] is at least as strong as it‘s strongest argument; the weak and fallacious ones are best forgotten.”

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"Each person possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of society as a whole cannot override"