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Philosophical Writings
“For us the primary subject of justice is the basic structur of society, or more exactly, the way in which the major social institution. distribute fundamental rights and duties and determine the division of advantages, from social cooperation, By major institutions I understand the political constitution and the principal economic and social arrangements. Thus the legal protection of freedom of thought and liberty of conscience, competitive markets, private property in the means of production, and the monogamous family are examples of major social institutions.
The basic structure is the primary subject of justice because its effects are so profound and present from the start. The intuitive notion here is that this structure contains various social positions and that men born into different positions have different expectations of life determined, in part, by the political system as well as by economic and social circumstances.”
From : 'A Theory of Justice”
By : John Rawls
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