For those who remember if not mourn an epoch of lost greatness, it may be impossible to accept that there is no return. But for those of us who were … - Pete Buttigieg

Rawls became famous for creating a new definition of justice, which boils down to this: a society is fair if it looks like something we would design before knowing how we would come into the world. He imagined a fictional “original position,” the position we would be in if we were told we were about to be born, but were not told about the circumstances we would be born into — how tall or short we would be, or of what race or nationality, or what resources or personal qualities we would have. This vision of justice is often compared to being asked how you would want a cake to be divided if you did not know which piece will be yours: equally, of course.

You can be for liberty, or you can be for banning books. You cannot be for both.

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