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say, "Well let's require
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an equal distribution of income and wealth."
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Just to be on the safe side.
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But then we would realize,
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that we could do better than that.
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Even if we're unlucky and wind up at the bottom.
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We could do better
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if we agree to a qualified principle of equality.
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Rawls calls it "The Difference Principle".
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A principle that says,
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only those social and economic inequalities
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will be permitted that work to the benefit