Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought.

John Rawls

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John Rawls

American political philosopher (1921-2002) whose 1971 A Theory of Justice revived Anglophone political philosophy. His "veil of ignorance" and two principles of justice gave welfare-state liberalism its foundation.

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