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“The fault of the utilitarian doctrine is that it mistakes impersonality for impartiality.” quote by John Rawls — Download Open image

“The fault of the utilitarian doctrine is that it mistakes impersonality for impartiality.”

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Any comprehensive doctrine, religious or secular, can be introduced into any political argument at any time, but I argue that people who do this…

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Intuitionism is not constructive, perfectionism is unacceptable.

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The intolerant can be viewed as free-riders, as persons who seek the advantages of just institutions while not doing their share to uphold them.

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Of course, we know that not everyone agrees with assisted suicide, but people might agree that one has the right to it, even if…

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When the basic structure of society is publicly known to satisfy its principles for an extended period of time, those subject to these arrangements…

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“Luther and Calvin were as dogmatic and intolerant as the Church had been. For those who had to decide whether to become Protestant or…

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We may suppose that everyone has in himself the whole form of a moral conception.

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Citizens can have their own grounding in their comprehensive doctrines, whatever they happen to be.

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