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Essay Archive - John Rawls and Utilitarianism
John Rawls and Utilitarianism
The social contract theory of John Rawls challenges utilitarianism by
pointing out the impracticality of the theory. Mainly, in a society of
utilitarians, a citizens rights could be completely ignored if injustice to this
one citizen would benefit the rest of society. Rawls believes that a social
contract theory, similar those proposed by Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau, would be
a more logical solution to the question of fairness in any government. Social
contract theory in general and including the views of Rawls, is such that in a
situation where a society is established of peo....
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