Reconciling Equality with Inequality: The Difference Principle in John Rawls’ Theory of Justice and Its Implications for Contemporary Distributive Justice Introduction John Rawls’ seminal work A Theory of Justice (1971) revolutionized contemporary political theory by providing a systematic philosophical framework for liberal egalitarianism. Central to this framework is the Difference Principle, the second part of … Continue reading How does the Difference Principle in John Rawls’ theory of justice reconcile equality with permissible social and economic inequalities, and what are its implications for contemporary distributive justice frameworks?