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This 5 page paper compares the thinking of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and John Rawls with regard to the "social contract." Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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these points include the writers approach to the theory of Utilitarianism as it applies to society; and the issue of individual rights. This paper argues that while at first glance
their theories are similar, further examination reveals substantial differences in their concepts of social justice and fairness. Discussion In his work A theory of justice, John Rawls states that
his aim is to "present a conception of justice which generalizes and carries to a higher level of abstraction the familiar theory of the social contract" such as is found
in Kant, Locke and Rousseau (Rawls, 2006, p. 199). He says that instead of considering the "original contract" as a means of setting up a government, he believes that the
purpose of the original agreement is to decide the principles of justice on which the society is to be based. He is thus going more deeply into the guiding theories
of the structure and is less concerned with its overall shape. Furthermore, these basic principles will "regulate all further agreements" and "specify the kinds of social cooperation that can
be entered into and the forms of government that can be established" (Rawls, 2006, p. 199). Rawls says that he will call this way of looking at these principles "justice
as fairness" (Rawls, 2006, p. 199). He is quick to point out, however, that "justice" and "fairness" are not to be seen as equivalents, any more than talking about the
principle of "poetry as metaphor" should be taken to mean that "poetry" and "metaphor" are the same thing (Rawls, 2006). One of the most important concepts of Rawlss thinking
is his idea that, before the society is formed, "no one knows his place in society, his class position or social status, nor does any one know his fortune in
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