- Justice, Philosophy, Ethics, Law
The principles of justice Rawls set forth in this book are those that free and rational people would accept in an initial position of equality.
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Cool, earnest, grave and classical in form.
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- John Rawls
- First published
- 1971
- Pages
- 607
- Publisher
- Clarendon, Universal Law Publishing Co Ltd, Belknap
- Editions
- 16
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780198250548
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John Bordley Rawls (February 21, 1921 – November 24, 2002) was an American moral and political philosopher in the liberal tradition. **Source**: [John Rawls](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rawls) on Wikipedia.
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