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Rawls insists that social and economic inequalities in a well-ordered society will never arise.

a. True
b. False

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The Answer is false, because Rawls- Paradigmatic Shift: A Theory of Justice
Rawls' goal: to replace intuitionism with a theory of rational choice
Reject utilitarianism, which would leave individual rights vulnerable and thus be irrational
Rawls' substantive theory: a well-ordered society is governed by two principles
1. The equal liberty principle
2. The difference principle: social goods are to be distributed equally unless some earn
Rawls' methodological contribution: Political theory can validate universal norms.
His two principles are the rational choice of everyone who accepts certain compelling assumptions in an Original Position like
• Humans seek autonomy
• Everyone is shrouded in a "veil of ignorance"
• Everyone adopts a "maximin" conception of rationality