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Rawls' Theory of Justice

Released Thursday, 16th February 2023
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Rawls' Theory of Justice

Rawls' Theory of Justice

Rawls' Theory of Justice

Rawls' Theory of Justice

Thursday, 16th February 2023
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss A Theory of Justice by John Rawls (1921 - 2002) which has been called the most influential book in twentieth century political philosophy. It was first published in 1971. Rawls (pictured above) drew on his own experience in WW2 and saw the chance in its aftermath to build a new society, one founded on personal liberty and fair equality of opportunity. While in that just society there could be inequalities, Rawls’ radical idea was that those inequalities must be to the greatest advantage not to the richest but to the worst off.

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Fabienne PeterProfessor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick

Martin O’NeillProfessor of Political Philosophy at the University of York

And

Jonathan WolffThe Alfred Landecker Professor of Values and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford and Fellow of Wolfson College

Producer: Simon Tillotson

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