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"24 John Rawls Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 21 February 1921. Died: 24 November 2002 | Philosopher |

Justice as fairness provides what we want.

Justice Fairness Want
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A just society is a society that if you knew everything about it, you'd be willing to enter it in a random place

Society Everything Willing Enter
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It is of first importance that the military be subordinate to civilian government

Importance Military Civilian Government
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Thus I assume that to each according to his threat advantage is not a conception of justice.

Assume Threat Advantage Justice
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A society regulated by a public sense of justice is inherently stable.

Society Public sense Justice Stable
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Many of our most serious conflicts are conflicts within ourselves. Those who suppose their judgements are always consistent are unreflective or dogmatic.

Conflict Ourselves Judgement Dogmatic
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The bad man desires arbitrary power. What moves the evil man is the love of injustice.

Bad man Power Love Injustice
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No one deserves his greater natural capacity nor merits a more favorable starting place in society.

No one Capacity Merits Society
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An injustice is tolerable only when it is necessary to avoid an even greater injustice

Injustice Tolerable Avoid
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Justice is happiness according to virtue.
Justice Happiness Virtue
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The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.

Principles Justice Veil Ignorance
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The sense of justice is continuous with the love of mankind

Sense Justice Love Mankind
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The intolerant can be viewed as free-riders, as persons who seek the advantages of just institutions while not doing their share to uphold them

Intolerant Persons Advantages Institutions
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I'm concerned about the survival, historically, of constitutional democracy.

Concerned Survival Historically Democracy
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Each person is to have an equal right to the most extensive basic liberty compatible with a similar liberty for others.

Person Equal right Basic Liberty
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In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed

Pursuit Money Political systems Power
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Ideal legislators do not vote their interests.

Ideal Legislators Vote Interests
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Justice is the first virtue of social institutions

Justice Virtue Social institutions
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A just system must generate its own support.

System Generate Support
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We may suppose that everyone has in himself the whole form of a moral conception

Suppose Everyone Form Moral
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Intuitionism is not constructive, perfectionism is unacceptable.

Intuitionism Perfectionism Unacceptable
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The fault of the utilitarian doctrine is that it mistakes impersonality for impartiality.

Fault Doctrine Mistakes Impersonality
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The circumstances of justice may be described as the normal conditions under which human cooperation is both possible and necessary.

Justice Human Possible Necessary
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The fundamental criterion for judging any procedure is the justice of its likely results.

Fundamental Judging Justice Results
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John Rawls Quotes & Sayings