Abstract

John Rawls is arguably the most important political philosopher of the past century. His theory of justice has set the agenda for debate in mainstream political philosophy for the past forty years, and has had an important influence in economics, law, sociology, and other disciplines. However, despite the importance and popularity of Rawls's work, there is (rather surprisingly) no clear picture of what a society that met Rawls's principles of justice would actually look like.

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Article

Publication Date

2009

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Copyright © 2009 NCCR Democracy. This article first appeared in Living Reviews in Democracy 1 (2009), 1-10.

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