John Rawls And Utilitarianism
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The social contract theory of John Rawls challenges utilitarianism by
pointing out the impracticality of the theory. Mainly, in a society of
utilitarians, a citizens rights could be completely ignored if injustice to this
one citizen would benefit the rest of society. Rawls believes that a social ....
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.... themselves as
being behind a "veil of ignorance". By this he means that all deciding parties
in establishing the guidelines of justice (all citizens) must see themselves as
equal to everyone paying no mind to there economic situation or anything else
that they could keep in mind to negotiate a better situation to those qualities.
For example, if everyone in this society has an equal amount of influence toward
the establishing of specific laws, a rich man may propose that taxes should be
equal ....
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