Political Science · Western Political Thought
John Rawls's 'justice as fairness' recommends:
APromoting the interests of the least advantaged members of society
BEqual basic rights
CEquality of opportunity
DAll of A, B and C ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) All of A, B and C — Justice as fairness recommends all three, so the answer is all of A, B and C.
Explanation
★Justice as fairness recommends all three, so the answer is all of A, B and C.
★Rawls offers two principles of justice chosen behind a veil of ignorance.
★The first principle guarantees equal basic rights and liberties for all.
★The second principle attaches to fair equality of opportunity.
★Its difference principle permits inequalities only if they help the least advantaged.
★So the worst-off are protected while opportunity stays fairly open to all.
★Together these elements make up his liberal-egalitarian theory of justice.
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