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John Rawls est un philosophe américain né le 21 février 1921 à Baltimore et mort le 24 novembre 2002 à Lexington. Rawls est l'un des philosophes politiques du XXe siècle les plus étudiés. Professeur dans les universités de Princeton, Oxford, Cornell et Harvard jusqu'en 1995, il a été rendu célèbre par son œuvre majeure, à laquelle il travaillait depuis les années 1960 et qui parut sous le titre A Theory of Justice en 1971, traduit par Catherine Audard, Paris, Seuil, 1987.

Rawls élabore sa théorie durant une période marquée par la guerre du Viêt Nam et la lutte pour les droits civiques, où les États-Unis sont traversés par de profonds mouvements culturels et sociaux. Axée sur les notions d'éthique et de justice, son œuvre renoue avec une tradition contractualiste délaissée, et prolonge la réflexion libérale en cherchant à articuler rationnellement liberté individuelle et solidarité sociale. Sa pensée est largement commentée et critiquée dans le monde anglo-saxon. Wikipedia  

✵ 21. février 1921 – 24. novembre 2002
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John Rawls Citations

John Rawls: Citations en anglais

“If A were not allowed his better position, B would be even worse off than he is.”

John Rawls livre Théorie de la justice

Source: A Theory of Justice (1971; 1975; 1999), Chapter II, Section 17, pg. 103

“To each according to his threat advantage does not count as a principle of justice.”

John Rawls livre Théorie de la justice

Source: A Theory of Justice (1971; 1975; 1999), Chapter III, Section 24, pg. 141

“Inequalities are permissible when they maximize, or at least all contribute to, the long term expectations of the least fortunate group in society.”

John Rawls livre Théorie de la justice

Source: A Theory of Justice (1971; 1975; 1999), Chapter III, Section 26, pg. 151

“Being happy involves both a certain achievement in action and a rational assurance about the outcome.”

John Rawls livre Théorie de la justice

Source: A Theory of Justice (1971; 1975; 1999), Chapter IX, Section 83, p. 549

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

John Rawls livre Théorie de la justice

Source: A Theory of Justice (1971; 1975; 1999), Chapter III, Section 30, pg. 190

“We must choose for others as we have reason to believe they would choose for themselves if they were at the age of reason and deciding rationally.”

John Rawls livre Théorie de la justice

Source: A Theory of Justice (1971; 1975; 1999), Chapter IV, Section 33, p. 209

“The even larger difference between rich and poor makes the latter even worse off, and this violates the principle of mutual advantage.”

John Rawls livre Théorie de la justice

Source: A Theory of Justice (1971; 1975; 1999), Chapter II, Section 13, pg. 79

“Justice is happiness according to virtue.”

John Rawls livre Théorie de la justice

Source: A Theory of Justice (1971; 1975; 1999), Chapter V, Section 48, p. 310

“Our concern is solely with the basic structure of society and its major institutions and therefore with the standard cases of social justice.”

John Rawls livre Théorie de la justice

Source: A Theory of Justice (1971; 1975; 1999), Chapter II, Section 10, pg. 58

“I am particularly grateful to Nozick for his unfailing help and encouragement during the last stages.”

John Rawls livre Théorie de la justice

Preface, pg. xii
A Theory of Justice (1971; 1975; 1999)

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

John Rawls livre Théorie de la justice

Source: A Theory of Justice (1971; 1975; 1999), Chapter I, Section 9, pg. 50

“Clearly when the liberties are left unrestricted they collide with one another.”

John Rawls livre Théorie de la justice

Source: A Theory of Justice (1971; 1975; 1999), Chapter IV, Section 32, p. 203

“An intuitionist conception of justice is, one might say, but half a conception.”

John Rawls livre Théorie de la justice

Source: A Theory of Justice (1971; 1975; 1999), Chapter I, Section 8, pg. 41

“The difference principle, for example, requires that the higher expectations of the more advantaged contribute to the prospects of the least advantaged.”

John Rawls livre Théorie de la justice

Source: A Theory of Justice (1971; 1975; 1999), Chapter II, Section 16, pg. 95

“That persons have opposing interests and seek to advance their own conception of the good is not at all the same thing as their being moved by envy and jealousy.”

John Rawls livre Théorie de la justice

Source: A Theory of Justice (1971; 1975; 1999), Chapter IX, Section 81, p. 540

“Greater intelligence, wealth and opportunity, for example, allow a person to achieve ends he could not rationally contemplate otherwise.”

John Rawls livre Théorie de la justice

Source: A Theory of Justice (1971; 1975; 1999), Chapter II, Section 15, pg. 93

“The circumstances of justice may be described as the normal conditions under which human cooperation is both possible and necessary.”

John Rawls livre Théorie de la justice

Source: A Theory of Justice (1971; 1975; 1999), Chapter III, Section 22, pg. 126

“The extreme nature of dominant-end views is often concealed by the vagueness and ambiguity of the end proposed.”

John Rawls livre Théorie de la justice

Source: A Theory of Justice (1971; 1975; 1999), Chapter IX, Section 83, p. 554

“The suppression of liberty is always likely to be irrational.”

John Rawls livre Théorie de la justice

Source: A Theory of Justice (1971; 1975; 1999), Chapter IV, Section 33, p. 210

“This is a long book, not only in pages.”

John Rawls livre Théorie de la justice

Preface, pg. viii
A Theory of Justice (1971; 1975; 1999)

“Justice does not require that men must stand idly by while others destroy the basis of their existence.”

John Rawls livre Théorie de la justice

Source: A Theory of Justice (1971; 1975; 1999), Chapter IV, Section 35, p. 218

“Justice as fairness provides what we want.”

John Rawls livre Théorie de la justice

Source: A Theory of Justice (1971; 1975; 1999), Chapter III, Section 30, pg. 190

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