John Rawls Short Quotes

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The suppression of liberty is always likely to be irrational.

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Intuitionism is not constructive, perfectionism is unacceptable.

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The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.

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Peace surely is a good reason, yes. But there are other reasons too.

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A society regulated by a public sense of justice is inherently stable.

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I'm concerned about the survival, historically, of constitutional democracy.

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An intuitionist conception of justice is, one might say, but half a conception.

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Clearly when the liberties are left unrestricted they collide with one another.

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If A were not allowed his better position, B would be even worse off than he is.

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I have assumed throughout that the persons in the original position are rational.

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We may suppose that everyone has in himself the whole form of a moral conception.

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To each according to his threat advantage does not count as a principle of justice.

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Ideally a just constitution would be a just procedure arranged to insure a just outcome.

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You hear that liberalism lacks an idea of the common good, but I think that's a mistake.

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

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The fundamental criterion for judging any procedure is the justice of its likely results.

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In justice as fairness society is interpreted as a cooperative venture for mutual advantage.

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

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Religious faith is an important aspect of American culture and a fact of American political life.

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No one deserves his greater natural capacity nor merits a more favorable starting place in society.

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It may be expedient but it is not just that some should have less in order that others may prosper.

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There are various ways you might define the common good, but that would be one way you could do it.

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Citizens can have their own grounding in their comprehensive doctrines, whatever they happen to be.

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I am particularly grateful to Nozick for his unfailing help and encouragement during the last stages.

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Being happy involves both a certain achievement in action and a rational assurance about the outcome.

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Justice does not require that men must stand idly by while others destroy the basis of their existence.

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The hazards of the generalized prisoner's dilemma are removed by the match between the right and the good.

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The extreme nature of dominant-end views is often concealed by the vagueness and ambiguity of the end proposed.

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Each person possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of society as a whole cannot override.

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Indeed, it is tempting to suppose that it is self evident that things should be so arranged so as to lead to the most good.

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