“Justice is the first virtue of social institutions,
as truth is of systems of thought.
A theory however elegant and economical
must be rejected or revised if it is untrue;
likewise laws and institutions
no matter how efficient and well-arranged
must be reformed or abolished if they are unjust.
Each person possesses an inviolability
founded on justice
that even the welfare of society as a whole
cannot override.”
- John Rawls, A Theory of Justice
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