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Rawls, John Political Liberalism 1996 p.5 Book Rawls Citations
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Political Liberalism

by Rawls, John (1996)

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Social and economic inequalities are to satisfy to conditions: first, they are to be attached to positions and offices open to all under conditions of fair equality of opportunity; and second, they are to be to the greatest benefit of the least advantaged members of society. (p.5)

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