The Theory of Justice as Fairness

In A Brief History of Justice. Oxford, UK: Wiley‐Blackwell. pp. 196–222 (2011)
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theory of justice as fairness, mid‐twentieth century ‐ John Rawls's work on questions, formulating new theory of social justice   criticism of utilitarianism, not fully justified ‐ Rawls, recognizing that it may not apply to all forms of utilitarian theory   strategy of argument, reminiscent of method ‐ Hegel, deploying in his Phenomenology of Spirit (1806)   Rawls's argument, and basic structure ‐ inadequacy of notions of merit and desert   Rawls, basic structure ‐ not merely one among several possible types of justice   distinction, Rawls drawing between principles of justice ‐ applying to basic structure, rules and criteria of justice for his theory of justice as a whole   idea, role in theory of justice ‐ fairness, role played by intuitive ideas of geometry in geometric reasoning   Sidgwick, writing with equal emphasis ‐ distribution of burdens and pains, rights and privileges, and Rawls's emphasis on division of advantages   Rawls, asking readers, to imagine that each member of society –

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