Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought.
Quotes from A Theory of Justice — John Rawls
1921–2002 United States
58 quotes
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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Justice is happiness according to virtue.
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In justice as fairness society is interpreted as a cooperative venture for mutual advantage.
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The fundamental criterion for judging any procedure is the justice of its likely results.
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To each according to his threat advantage does not count as a principle of justice.
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We may suppose that everyone has in himself the whole form of a moral conception.
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An intuitionist conception of justice is, one might say, but half a conception.
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The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.
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Justice as fairness provides what we want.
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Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Rawls (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.