Justice is happiness according to virtue. - John Rawls

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Justice is happiness according to virtue.

John Rawls

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John Bordley Rawls (21 February 1921 – 24 November 2002) was an American philosopher, and a leading figure in moral and political philosophy. He held the James Bryant Conant University Professorship at Harvard University and the Fulbright Fellowship at Christ Church, Oxford. His magnum opus, A Theory of Justice (1971), was hailed at the time of its publication as "the most important work in moral philosophy since the end of World War II, and is now regarded as one of the primary texts in political philosophy.

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The difference principle, for example, requires that the higher expectations of the more advantaged contribute to the prospects of the least advantaged.

Social and economic inequalities are to satisfy two conditions: first, they are to be attached to positions and offices open to all under conditions of fair equality of opportunity; and second, they are to be to the greatest benefit to the least-advantaged members of society.

Inequalities are permissible when they maximize, or at least all contribute to, the long term expectations of the least fortunate group in society.

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