Thursday, 4 April 2024

"In A Theory of Justice, John Rawls asserts that justice is the first virtue of social institutions (1999: 3). Institutions must be improved or else abolished if they are unjust. Here we can interpret him as using the word ‘just’ to mean that they distribute rights, duties and the benefits of social cooperation in a fair way''.


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