Justice as fairness provides what we want.
John Rawls
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A just society is a society that if you knew everything about it, you'd be willing to enter it in a random place.
The fairest rules are those to which everyone would agree if they did not know how much power they would have.
The bad man desires arbitrary power. What moves the evil man is the love of injustice.
A society regulated by a public sense of justice is inherently stable.
The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.
The sense of justice is continuous with the love of mankind.
The intolerant can be viewed as free-riders, as persons who seek the advantages of just institutions while not doing their share to uphold them.
Many of our most serious conflicts are conflicts within ourselves. Those who suppose their judgements are always consistent are unreflective or dogmatic.
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