A Critique of Critiques:Utilitarianism's Refutation of John Rawls

In the 1970s, John Rawls and other philosophers criticized utilitarianism and overturned its position of domination. After that, the utilitarians made their responses to the critiques: David Lyons, David Gauthier and John C. Harsanyi separately made critiques of the three parts of John Rawls's theory of justice, which is the first principle of justice, the second principle of justice and the argument justifying the principles of justice. The paper discusses the utilitarians' critique of John Rawls.