The Two Principles and Their Justifications

accept argue axioms basic liberties basic structure choice choosing equal citizenship liberties claim coercive coherence coherentism coherentist commitment conception of justice conflict considered judgments considered moral judgments constitutional constraints defined Dewey Lectures difference principle discussion distribution distributive justice economic inequalities egalitarian epistemological equal basic liberties equal liberty ethics example exercise fact foundationalism freedom ideal important indifference curves individual institutions intuitionism John Rawls justice as fairness Kant Kant's Kantian constructivism least advantaged leximin liberal liberty of conscience LRDP maximin maximize moral personality moral theory original position particular parties Philosophy political liberties possible preference principles of justice priority of liberty priority rule question Rawls's Rawls's theory Rawlsian reason reflective equilibrium restrictions role sacrifice sake of liberty Second Principle seems self-respect sense Theory of Justice tion UDHR underdetermination unequal utilitarian veil of ignorance wealth well-ordered society worst worst-off worth of liberty