羅爾斯的《正義論》英文版

A Theory of Justice?is a work of?political philosophy?and?ethics?by?John Rawls, in which the author attempts to solve the problem of?distributive justice(the?socially just?distribution of goods in a society) by utilising a variant of the familiar device of the?social contract. The resultant theory is known as "Justice as Fairness", from which Rawls derives his two principles of justice. Together, they dictate that society should be structured so that the greatest possible amount of liberty is given to its members, limited only by the notion that the liberty of any one member shall not infringe upon that of any other member. Secondly, inequalities either social or economic are only to be allowed if the worst off will be better off than they might be under an equal distribution. Finally, if there is such a beneficial inequality, this inequality should not make it harder for those without resources to occupy positions of power, for instance public office.