John rawls’ theory of justice as fairness

Abstract

When do citizens have a moral duty to obey the government and support the institutions of society? 1 This question is central to political philosophy. One of the twenty century’s main response was John Rawls ’ theory of justice, “Justice as Fairness”, in the book A Theory of Justice, published 1971. The book Justice as Fairness was an improved and shorter presentation of Rawls ’ theory, published 2001 with editorial support by Erin Kelly, one of his former students.