Political Science · Western Political Thought
UGC NET December 2019 Political Science
The idea of justice as fairness in Rawlsian theory flows from the:
AIndividual ✓ Correct
BSociety
CState
DNation
Correct answer: (A) Individual — In Rawlsian theory justice as fairness flows from the individual, so the answer is the individual.
Explanation
★In Rawlsian theory justice as fairness flows from the individual, so the answer is the individual.
★The principles of justice are what free and equal individuals would agree to in the original position.
★Each person reasons as a separate chooser behind the veil of ignorance.
★The fairness of the outcome rests on this impartial choice made by individuals.
★Society, the state and the nation are the settings to which the principles then apply.
★But the source of the idea is the rational agreement of individuals themselves.
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