![]() ![]() ![]() But those who have studied TJ carefully adamantly disagree about whether John Rawls was writing a defense of the Western welfare state. Scholars in the Humanities agreed that to Rawls "justice as fairness" and that fairness required a measure of initial equality (the veil of ignorance) or a largely uniform final distribution of overall well-being, especially economic equity. Those on the left who were ensconced in the social science departments of the academy trumpeted TJ's virtues but very few have arrived at the same conclusions regarding what Rawls was actually calling for. In 1971 Harvard professor and philosopher John Rawls published his very influential book, A Theory of Justice, (TJ) to rave reviews. TOWARD A REVISED THEORY OF RAWLSIAN JUSTICE ![]()
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