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A Theory of Justice
John Rawls
Argues that the principles of justice are those that free and rational people would choose behind a veil of ignorance about their own place in society.
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A topic within Social & Political Philosophy, itself one of 11 topics in that field and part of Philosophy.
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John Rawls
Argues that the principles of justice are those that free and rational people would choose behind a veil of ignorance about their own place in society.
Amartya Sen
Argues that theories of justice should compare which of the realistically available arrangements reduces injustice most, rather than searching for a single perfectly just institutional ideal that no society can reach.