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John Rawls Quotes

John Rawls quotes

American Educator February 21, 1921 – November 24, 2002

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John Rawls quote: "The bad man desires arbitrary power. What moves the evil man..."
The bad man desires arbitrary power. What moves the evil man is the love of injustice. John Rawls
John Rawls quote: "The sense of justice is continuous with the love of mankind."
The sense of justice is continuous with the love of mankind. John Rawls
Certainly it is wrong to be cruel to animals and the destruction of a whole species can be a great evil. The capacity for feelings of pleasure and pain and for the form of life of which animals are capable clearly impose duties of compassion and humanity in their case. John Rawls
As free persons, citizens recognize one another as having the moral power to have a conception of the good. This means that they do not view themselves as inevitably tied to the pursuit of the particular conception of the good and its final ends which they espouse at any given time. John Rawls
The perspective of eternity is not a perspective from a certain place beyond the world, nor the point of view of a transcendent being; rather it is a certain form of thought and feeling that rational persons can adopt within the world. And having done so, they can, whatever their generation, bring together into one scheme all individual perspectives and arrive together at regulative principles that can be affirmed by everyone as he lives by them, each from his own standpoint. Purity of heart,... John Rawls
In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed. John Rawls
Ideally citizens are to think of themselves as if they were legislators and ask themselves what statutes, supported by what reasons satisfying the criterion of reciprocity, they would think is most reasonable to enact. John Rawls
John Rawls quote: "[E]ach person is to have an equal right to the most extensive..."
[E]ach person is to have an equal right to the most extensive basic liberty compatible with a similar liberty for others. John Rawls
John Rawls quote: "The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance."
The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance. John Rawls
Many of our most serious conflicts are conflicts within ourselves. Those who suppose their judgements are always consistent are unreflective or dogmatic. John Rawls
John Rawls quote: "Thus I assume that to each according to his threat advantage..."
Thus I assume that to each according to his threat advantage is not a conception of justice. John Rawls

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