A Theory Of Justice By John Rawls Summary

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In “A Theory of Justice” we are confronted with the position of “justice as fairness” and Rawls’s argument toward a more just society where everyone has equal opportunity. However, Rawls has difficulty realizing in his argument that the modern liberal society, to which he is applying his principles are in fashion gender-structured. Rawls has taken this tradition of sexism for granted, and fails to consider how his theory of justice is to apply to women, and the ‘family’. In this essay I will critique John Rawls on gender and the family, I will look at aspects of Rawls’s theory, and the difficulties that arise in regard to gender and family, because of his ambiguous language, and why they must be corrected.
Rawls’s “Original Position” might be his single most important contribution to moral and political theory, as we know it. However its basis does not consider its application to women and the family, and if they take part in “a basic social structure” as defined by Rawls. I found it very difficult to be sure of this. Rawls says this regarding families and the basic structure...

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