A theory of justice
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J Rawls
Applied ethics, 2017•taylorfrancis.comA THEORY OF JUSTICE Page 1 Theoretical Perspectives 21 the sake of others. As our control
over the means of ending and presenting human life has increased, analogous dilemmas have
arisen in many areas for utilitarians. Should life be preserved at the cost of pain when modern
medicine makes this possible? Should life be preserved without hope of consciousness?
Should triage policies, because they may maximize the number of survivors, be used to
determine who should be left to starve? Should population growth be fostered wherever it …
over the means of ending and presenting human life has increased, analogous dilemmas have
arisen in many areas for utilitarians. Should life be preserved at the cost of pain when modern
medicine makes this possible? Should life be preserved without hope of consciousness?
Should triage policies, because they may maximize the number of survivors, be used to
determine who should be left to starve? Should population growth be fostered wherever it …
John Rawls taught philosophy at Princeton, Cornell, MIT, and Harvard universities. He is perhaps the most important political philosopher of the twentieth century. His books include A Theory of Justice (1971), Political Liberalism (1993), and The Law of Peoples (1999).
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