John Rawls Justice And Fairness

john rawls justice and fairness Originally published in Philosophical Review Vol. LXVII. 1958. - Steve Bayne ( Hist-Analytic.org JUSTICE AS FAIRNESS* By JOHN RAWLS (1958) 1. It might seem at first persuasion that the conceptions of justice and fairness are the same, and that there is no source to distinguish them, or to say that one is more key than the other. I think this impression is mistaken. In this paper I wish to show that the fundamental idea in the concept of justice is fairness; and I wish to offer an digest of the concept of justice from this point of view.

To bring out the tie of this claim, and the analysis based upon it, I shall then argue that it is this aspect of justice for which utilitarianism, in its classical form, is unable to account, but which is expressed, level(p) if misleadingly, by the idea of the social contract. To start with I shall forge a particular conception of justice by stating and commenting upon twain principles which specify it, a...If you want to get a full essay, fix up it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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