The difference principle is not intended to maximize the welfare of the least advantaged, but to ensure that their prospects are as good as they can be.
— John Rawls Contemporary

Theory of justice

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A Theory of Justice

Date / Period

1971

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Strange & Unusual

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https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674000782

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