Thinker

John Rawls

American philosopher whose A Theory of Justice (1971) revived social-contract theory and set out justice as fairness, including the original position and the difference principle.

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TheoryJustice as fairnessRawls's theory that fair principles of justice are those free and equal citizens would choose behind a veil of ignorance: equal basic liberties and inequalities that most benefit the least advantaged.

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