FROM FREEDOM TO EQUALITY——ON RAWLS' SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY
Xie Long-biao
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Xie Long-biao
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Rawls deduced two basic principles of justice by designing veil of ignorance and the original position.By analyzing those concepts,this article points out that Rawls was not only a successor of theory of social contract,but also developed it.He tried to solve question of equality on basis of freedom.
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Rawls deduced two basic principles of justice by designing veil of ignorance and the original position.By analyzing those concepts,this article points out that Rawls was not only a successor of theory of social contract,but also developed it.He tried to solve question of equality on basis of freedom.
Key concepts: Veil of ignorance, Original position, Successor cardinal, Social contract, Economic Justice, Law and economics, Sociology, Social justice