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Rawlsian Links

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Justin Weinberg
. April 4, 2014 at 7:38 am 0

Bookforum’s Omnivore has an assortment of links up about Rawls, distributive justice, and related topics.

UPDATE: “Subway™ Eat Fresh and Freeze, Scumbag!®” I yelled.

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