John Rawls

John Rawls’ assertions regarding the distribution of wealth in society, as articulated in his important study A Theory of Justice (for purposes of discussion, the revised edition was consulted in...

Rawls's idea of the social contract suggests that an act is just if everyone involved in it would agree beforehand that these are the actions that they would reasonably consider taking. As he...

I assume that you are asking us to apply Rawls' ideas to an issue in today's society. I have changed your question to reflect that. One good issue to use to illustrate the veil of ignorance is the...

John Rawls argues that inequality of result is acceptable in a society so long as there is true equality of opportunity. He argues that it is acceptable to give (for example) higher pay and higher...

According to John Rawls, the original position is not a place but rather a point of view. It is a point of view that is neutral and which takes into account the needs of all people, not just...

Rawls's idea of the "original position" is that we can determine what a just world would look like by imagining what world we would choose to create if we were able to shape the world while behind...

Both Rawls and Nussbaum are modern American philosophers with distinguished academic careers whose work has focused mainly on the fields of moral and political philosophy. Rawls (1921—2002) is best...

Rawls says at least two important things about this topic. First, he says that when we set up the rules about our society and about distribution of these kinds of resources, we need to do so from...