The Western philosophical tradition has included the social contract (from Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau) and Kantian ethics as two major elements that Rawls synthesizes to create his theory of justice as fairness.
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Dr. Michael SugrueEvidence Quote
“he's going to take elements of the western tradition like the social contract and also elements of kantian ethics in the sense that he likes clear and fast rules which are derived from carefully stated principles”
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