Justice as Fairness - American University
develops a theory of justice from the idea of a social contract. The princi ples it articulates affirm a broadly liberal conception of basic rights and lib erties, and only permit inequalities in wealth and income that would be to the advantage of the least well off. In 'Justice as Fairness: Political Not Metaphysical" (1985), Rawls began
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