On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:54:41 -0700, Immortalist wrote:
> By what procedure can self-interested persons with legitimate competing
> claims adopt principles for just institutions and practices?
Justice can only be served when all self-interests before it are treated
equally.
If a system of justice is overridden by or a reflection of an economic
system in which it operates, and that economic system depends on unequal
distribution of wealth or influence, 'justice' then becomes a word
without action.
Rawls seems to have mistakenly taken this for granted or at least placed
it in a list among others things. Until inequality is resolved, there can
be no other real consideration.
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