1. Theories of Rawls and Rousseau
... is the whole. The individual and their values, ideals and goals are insignificant. This is in direct conflict with Rawls's qualifications for a fair society as he writes, "the primary social goods, to give them in broad categories, are rights, liberties, and opportunities, and income and wealth." Immediately adding, "A very important primary good is a sense of one's own worth. (Rawls, 79 ... ) People's condition is effectively measured by their primary social goods holdings and we must decide if people are being treated fairly bases on their access to those goods. In a way it is as if Ro...
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