John Rawls’ Theory of Justice addresses the question of social and political justice in
democratic and liberal societies.
a) What is a society according to John Rawls? What is a liberal society?
b) What is the function of “a public conception of justice”?
c) Why his theory of justice deals with social justice and not with comprehensive
doctrines of justice?
d) Which institutions are targeted by his theory?
e) What is the original position and what does it serve for in Rawls’ Theory of Justice?
f) What are the basic principles of justice taken in the original position behind a veil of
ignorance?