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    basic rights and freedoms and with the second principle‚ which is the Difference Principle‚ Rawls states that there can be inequality as long as it makes the worst person better off. He comes up with a thought experiment known as the original position. Rawls (1971‚ p. 208)‚ states that the original position is a "purely hypothetical situation characterized so as to lead to a certain conception of justice." Rawls talks about the original position that individuals find themselves in and because of this

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    Harvard University Press edition Author(s) John Rawls Country United States Language English Subject(s) Political philosophy Genre(s) Non-fiction Publisher Belknap Publication date 1971 Media type Print Pages 560 ISBN 0-674-00078-1 OCLC Number 41266156 Dewey Decimal 320/.01/1 21 LC Classification JC578 .R38 1999 A Theory of Justice is a work of political philosophy and ethics by John Rawls. It was originally published in 1971 and revised

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    Distributive Justice was widely discussed by John Rawls in his various books. According to him‚ Distributive Justice is the justice in the distribution of wealth and goods. He also talked about end-state conceptions of distributive justice which says that there is some overall pattern of distribution we should aim at. He further said that Justice is a matter of closeness to the desired pattern. Distributive justice‚ a theory based on writings of John Rawls‚ has a major attention of distributing assets

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    insurmountable problem faced by political theorists: why does a citizen have obligations to the state? The nature of presentation of the idea of fair play seeks to trace the original antecedents of fair play‚ as enunciated by Professor HLA Hart and John

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    the strengths and weaknesses of John Rawls’ ‘Veil of Ignorance’ method” In John Rawls’ A Theory of Justice‚ he argues that morally‚ society should be constructed politically as if we were all behind a veil of ignorance; that is‚ the rules and precepts of society should be constructed as if we had no prior knowledge of our future wealth‚ talents‚ and social status‚ and could be placed in any other person’s societal position (Velasquez‚ 2008). Through this‚ Rawls believes that people will create

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    societal situation of those members who are worst off - John Rawls. Rawls’ concept of the “veil of ignorance” is a model for adopting principles of justice and was derived from an unpublished document of the same title written by Wilfried Hinsch. The concept has been submitted as a solution for equalizing people’s personal interests and doctrines as a means for allowing the political conception of justice to be successful employed. Rawls forwards the concept of the veil of ignorance as a solution

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    libertarian alternative‚ and the Rawlsian theories of justice. Then I will choose which approach I found the most helpful. The Utilitarian approach holds that the maximization of happiness ultimately determines what is just and unjust. According to John Stuart Mill’s contended more specified that the concept of justice identifies certain rules or rights. Mill’s theory promotes well-being and injustice always involves violating the rights of some identifiable individual. Utilitarian’s favor whichever

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    What Makes a Just Society

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    http://www.merriam-webster.com/ Copyright 2009Merriam websteer incorp. The History Guide: Karl Marx 1818-1883 http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/marx.html copyright © 2000 Steven Kreis Last Revised –2008 The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: John Rawls by Henry S. Richardson http://www.iep.utm.edu/r/rawls.htm Copyright 2005

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    theory of social justice? In your answer must address the arguments of Rawls and Nozick. Over the years‚ different political philosophies have raised values‚ principles and ideals that have played an important role in the creation of social policies. The following essay will address two different theories‚ which reflect the philosophical basis of social policies: Rawlsian liberalism and Nozickean libertarianism. John Rawls’ liberalism focuses on the promotion of universal liberty and freedom

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    Globalization of Justice

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    namely John Rawls‚ Thomas Pogge and Peter Singer‚ this essay will try to address the question as to whether world poverty is a moral or a justice issue. In a concluding section‚ I will give my position on the debate. John Rawls believes that world poverty is a moral issue‚ implying that citizens do not have a duty of distributive justice towards those suffering from poverty. However‚ Rawls considers that citizens from richer countries have a duty of assistance towards poorer countries. Rawls believes

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