1. Theories of Rawls and Rousseau
... ; He maintains that a fair society is one that conforms to the following two rules: Firstly, "each person is to have an equal right to the most extensive basic liberty compatible with similar liberty for others." (Rawls) and secondly "social and economic inequalities are to be arranged so that they are both: a) reasonably expected to be to everyone's advantage and ... all members of society. John Rawls, on the other hand, advocates of private ownership, giving the right to own property as one of the basic rights that falls under the Liberty Principle. He believed that owning land and wor...
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