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In six pages this paper examines John Rawls’ stipulation that justice and fairness are not the same and how this impacts upon an ideal society, and also considers the similarities and differences to how John Noonan and Mary Anne Warren define what makes a living being ‘human.’ Eight sources are cited in the bibliography.
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of justice into contemporary thought" (p. 43). Rawls devoted much of his life to determining what the ideal society consists of and the concepts which shape this utopian vision.
He struggled to answer the question, What kind of society should people live in? By this, he was not referring to what society would prove the most advantageous; it
meant how would society rule in a way that would be in the best interest of its members (Partridge, 2003). For Rawls, the primary considerations of any social ideal
must be how justice and fairness are defined. Justice was a kind of "realistic utopia" that is based upon order and respect for the individual (Freeman, 2003, p. 2).
It is, according to Rawls (2003), based upon two principles. First every person must have "an equal right to the most extensive total system of equal basic liberties
compatible with a similar system of liberty for all" (p. 266). Second, socioeconomic inequalities must be arranged so that they are "to the greatest benefit of the least advantaged,"
and meet an established criteria for "fair equality of opportunity" (Rawls, 2003, p. 266). Therefore, it becomes readily apparent that Rawls equates justice with equality. Justice
is, in a manner of speaking, treating others as an individual would wish to be treated (Ryan, 2006). His theory of justice as fairness implies to some that Rawls
believes justice is fairness are synonymous. However, in his landmark text A Theory of Justice, the philosopher makes a clear distinction. He defines fairness as submitting to any
type of restrictions that are beneficial to all. Rawls maintained, "People should be held responsible for their ends and expected to adjust their desires to the fair share of
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