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Indeed, it is tempting to suppose that it is self evident that things should be so arranged so as to lead to the most good.
John Rawls
It may be expedient but it is not just that some should have less in order that others may prosper.
John Rawls
First of all, principles should be general. That is, it must be possible to formulate them without use of what would be intuitively recognized as proper names, or rigged definite descriptions.
John Rawls
If A were not allowed his better position, B would be even worse off than he is.
John Rawls
Properly understood, then, the desire to act justly derives in part from the desire to express most fully what we are or can be, namely free and equal rational beings with the liberty to choose.
John Rawls
When the basic structure of society is publicly known to satisfy its principles for an extended period of time, those subject to these arrangements tend to develop a desire to act in accordance with these principles and to do their part in institutions which exemplify them.
John Rawls
A conception of justice cannot be deduced from self evident premises or conditions on principles; instead, its justification is a matter of the mutual support of many considerations, of everything fitted together into one coherent view.
John Rawls
We must choose for others as we have reason to believe they would choose for themselves if they were at the age of reason and deciding rationally.
John Rawls
Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought.
John Rawls
The even larger difference between rich and poor makes the latter even worse off, and this violates the principle of mutual advantage.
John Rawls
A scheme is unjust when the higher expectations, one or more of them, are excessive. If these expectations were decreased, the situation of the less favored would be improved.
John Rawls
An intuitionist conception of justice is, one might say, but half a conception.
John Rawls
The difference principle, for example, requires that the higher expectations of the more advantaged contribute to the prospects of the least advantaged.
John Rawls
Greater intelligence, wealth and opportunity, for example, allow a person to achieve ends he could not rationally contemplate otherwise.
John Rawls
The suppression of liberty is always likely to be irrational.
John Rawls
This is a long book, not only in pages.
John Rawls
Justice does not require that men must stand idly by while others destroy the basis of their existence.
John Rawls
Social and economic inequalities, for example inequalities of wealth and authority, are just only if they result in compensating benefits for everyone, and in particular for the least advantaged members of society.
John Rawls
The bad man desires arbitrary power. What moves the evil man is the love of injustice.
John Rawls
[E]ach person is to have an equal right to the most extensive basic liberty compatible with a similar liberty for others.
John Rawls
Certainly it is wrong to be cruel to animals and the destruction of a whole species can be a great evil. The capacity for feelings of pleasure and pain and for the form of life of which animals are capable clearly impose duties of compassion and humanity in their case.
John Rawls
In justice as fairness society is interpreted as a cooperative venture for mutual advantage.
John Rawls
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John Rawls
Occupation:
American Educator
Born:
February 21, 1921
Died:
November 24, 2002
Quotes count:
77
Wikipedia:
John Rawls
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