The difference principle, introduced by Rawls (1971, 1993), is generally interpreted as leximin, but this is not how he intended it. Rawls explicitly states that the difference principle requires that aggregate benefits (e.g., average or total) to those in the least advantaged group be given lexical priority over benefits to others, where the least advantaged group includes more than the strict...

Introduction Liberal egalitarianism is a variant of liberal political philosophy that emphasizes the obligation of society to enable its most poor and disadvantaged members to lead decent lives. Liberal egalitarianism fuses the traditional liberal theme of individual freedom and autonomy and a more radical theme of equal life prospects for all. Today the two foremost proponents of liberal egali...

John Rawls (1921–2002) and his work are now squarely a subject for history. In the more than fifteen years since death, rich body of scholarship has emerged which attempts, in different ways, to understand nature, development, impact Rawls's thought from variety historical perspectives. With 2021 marking fifty A Theory Justice (1971) was first published, this special forum examines what we here...

This paper discusses the first-person point of view in Maugham’s ‘Mr Know-All’. It particularly analyses narrator's position relation to story told this short story, with intention disclosing latter’s prejudice against Mr Kelada, protagonist, and consequently, its hindrance globalisation. thus underlines fact that protagonist other travellers are different colours, but one person on ship epitom...