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Rawls’ theory of justice is both contractual and distributive. Examine.

  • UPSC 2017
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  • Justice

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John Rawls's A Theory of Justice (1971) seeks principles for a well-ordered society that any rational person could accept. It joins two traditions usually kept apart: the social contract, asking what could be agreed, and distributive justice, asking who gets what. The contract is the method, distribution the content — and the claim holds, with…

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  • The contractual strand
  • The distributive strand
  • How the two connect
  • Examining the claim
  • Indian anchor
  • Conclusion
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