![]() ![]() Rawls opines the idea of justice as fairness, and he identifies social justice as the first characteristic of social institutions. The movement assumes that members of a society have consented to surrender some of their freedoms and submit to the authority of the ruler in exchange for the maintenance of social rights and the protection of their remaining rights. The approach originated from an 18 th-century philosophical and intellectual movement called the Age of Enlightenment. The social contract approach holds that society is in the form of agreement with all those within the society. In opposing the utilitarian arguments, Rawls attempted to establish an unbiased version of social justice based on the social contract approach. The utilitarian argument holds that society should pursue the greatest good for the greatest number, an argument that is consistent with the idea of the tyranny of majorities over minorities. Rawls was opposed to the traditional philosophical arguments on what constitutes a just institution and the justification for social actions and policies. It attempted to resolve the problem of distributive justice in society. A Theory of Justice was published in 1971 by American moral and political philosopher John Rawls. ![]()
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