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John Rawls

Justice as Fairness: A Restatement

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

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Essay Topics

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Rawls assumes that liberalism is a worthy political order. Would his case be more persuasive if he defended the superiority of liberalism over other alternatives?

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Do you think the original position works as a philosophical foundation for arriving at a meaning of justice, or is it too hypothetical to be useful in the real world?

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Is it possible for a society to unite around the idea of “reasonable pluralism,” or does a society need a more specific moral doctrine, such as religion or nationalism, to sustain public support?

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