A Theory of Justice
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A Theory of Justice is a widely-read book of political philosophy and ethics by John Rawls. It was originally published in 1971 and revised in both 1975 (for the translated editions) and 1999. In A Theory of Justice, Rawls attempts to solve the problem of distributive justice by utilising a variant of the familiar device of the social contract. The resultant theory is known as "Justice as Fairness", from which Rawls derives his two famous principles of justice: the liberty principle and the difference principle.
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See also
- American philosophy
- Ken Binmore
- Robert Nozick
- Friedrich Hayek
- Lottery of birth
- Redistribution of wealth
- Social liberalism
- Social contract theory
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