PHLB17H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: John Locke, Classical Liberalism, Distributive Justice
21 May 2019
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John rawls a theory of justice 1/3. A theory of justice section 1-3, 5, and 11. Born in baltimore, maryland, one of five sons of a prominent attorney. Served in wwii as an infantryman in the pacific; left the military after being the aftermath of the atomic bombing of hiroshima. In 1950, earned phd in philosophy from princeton. In 1962, became a professor at harvard, where taught for the rest of his life. Major works: theory of justice (1971; revised edition 1999); political liberalism (1993); the law of. Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought. A theory however elegant and economical must be rejected or revised if it is untrue; likewise, laws and institutions no matter how efficient and well-arranged must be reformed or abolished if they are unjust. Each person possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of society as a whole cannot override.
