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Properly understood, then, the desire to act justly derives in part from the desire to express most fully what we are or can be, namely free and equal rational beings with the liberty to choose.

Properly understood, then, the desire to act justly derives in part from the desire to express most fully what we are or can be, namely free and equal rational beings with the liberty to choose.

John Rawls
Desire, Liberty, Equal
John Rawls (2009). “A Theory of Justice”, p.225, Harvard University Press

When the basic structure of society is publicly known to satisfy its principles for an extended period of time, those subject to these arrangements tend to develop a desire to act in accordance with these principles and to do their part in institutions which exemplify them

John Rawls
Desire, Principles, Structure
John Rawls (2009). “A Theory of Justice”, p.154, Harvard University Press

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