John Rawls' Theory of Justice. Justice as fairness

Essay from the year 2013 in the subject Philosophy - Philosophy of the 20th century, grade: 2,7, National University of Ireland, Galway, language: English, abstract: The Theory of Justice is one of the most important works concerning moral and political philosophy of the 20th century. In his work, John Rawls presents a widely persuasive Theory of Justice and elaborates his idea of ‘justice as fair...