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It is fair to see in this view a kind of Rawlsian piety that is religious but not theistic. 33 Rawls ends his great work with the claim that “purity of heart, if one could attain it, would be to see clearly and to act with grace and self-command from this point of view” (Rawls 1971, 587).
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Moreover, they also reveal a kind of Rawlsian piety marginalized by contemporary debates over religion and liberalism.
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But if they could imagine the days when both California senators were Republican at a time of Democratic governors, might they not be more "Rawlsian" and decide, overall, that the governor's hands should be tied somewhat?
Balkinization 2006
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Application of the "Rawlsian" thought experiment to contentious political choices may or may not be a useful procedure; on this reasonable people can disagree.
'Liberal Nationalism' Tamir, Yael 1994
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Of course, Tino and Steve Sailer miss an even larger point, too, namely that to protect the interests of the native-born through the use of coercion to cut off millions of peaceful workers from the opportunity of a better life is unacceptable in terms of Kantian, Rawlsian, utilitarian, Catholic-Aquinian, or any other ethical theory.
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I used to be Nozickian but in light of this books I am more a Rawlsian.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Destroying the Constitution’s Structure is not Constitutional 2010
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Well ... in Theory of Justice Rawls sets about to formulate a non-consequentialist justification of modern progressive liberalism so naturally all of us modern progressive liberals have broadly “Rawlsian” ideas about policy.
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The abstract Rawlsian philosophical arguments may seem somewhat plausible, but in the final analysis it wastes so much of our valuable time and productivity.
More Tax Day Thoughts, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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More controversially, Rawlsian liberal neutrality works.
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Tell me, off the top of your head, what you think of the Rawlsian defense of the welfare state?
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