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The extreme nature of dominant-end views is often concealed by the vagueness and ambiguity of the end proposed. — John Rawls

We must choose for others as we have reason to believe they would choose for themselves if they were at the age of reason and deciding rationally. — John Rawls

Thus I assume that to each according to his threat advantage is not a conception of justice. — John Rawls

No one deserves his greater natural capacity nor merits a more favorable starting place in society. — 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

An injustice is tolerable only when it is necessary to avoid an even greater injustice. — John Rawls

The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance. — John Rawls

A just society is a society that if you knew everything about it, you'd be willing to enter it in a random place. — John Rawls

The fault of the utilitarian doctrine is that it mistakes impersonality for impartiality. — John Rawls

There are infinitely many variations of the initial situation and therefore no doubt indefinitely many theorems of moral geometry. — John Rawls

Ideally a just constitution would be a just procedure arranged to insure a just outcome. — John Rawls

The fundamental criterion for judging any procedure is the justice of its likely results. — John Rawls

An intuitionist conception of justice is, one might say, but half a conception. — John Rawls

The sense of justice is continuous with the love of mankind. — John Rawls

Clearly when the liberties are left unrestricted they collide with one another. — John Rawls

The bad man desires arbitrary power. What moves the evil man is the love of injustice. — John Rawls

The circumstances of justice may be described as the normal conditions under which human cooperation is both possible and necessary. — John Rawls

Ideal legislators do not vote their interests. — John Rawls

It is of first importance that the military be subordinate to civilian government — John Rawls

[E]ach person is to have an equal right to the most extensive basic liberty compatible with a similar liberty for others. — John Rawls

A just system must generate its own support. — John Rawls

We strive for the best we can attain within the scope the world allows. — John Rawls

If A were not allowed his better position, B would be even worse off than he is. — John Rawls

The hazards of the generalized prisoner's dilemma are removed by the match between the right and the good. — John Rawls

Justice is happiness according to virtue. — John Rawls

Justice as fairness provides what we want. — John Rawls

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. — John Rawls

We may suppose that everyone has in himself the whole form of a moral conception. — John Rawls

The fairest rules are those to which everyone would agree if they did not know how much power they would have. — John Rawls

A society regulated by a public sense of justice is inherently stable. — John Rawls

Intuitionism is not constructive, perfectionism is unacceptable. — John Rawls