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Rawls, John A Theory of Justice. Revised Edition 1999 p.130 Book Rawls Citations
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A Theory of Justice. Revised Edition

by Rawls, John (1999)

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Society should take into account economic efficiency and the requirements of organization and technology. If there are inequalities in income and wealth, and differences in authority and degrees of responsibility, that work to make everyone better off in comparison with the benchmark of equality, why not permit them? (p.130)

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