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  2. A Letter on Justice and Open Debate - Wikipedia

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    Writers Robert Worth, George Packer, David Greenberg, Mark Lilla, and Thomas Chatterton Williams drafted the letter. [2] Williams, described by The New York Times as having "spearheaded" the effort, was initially worried that its timing might cause it to be seen as a reaction to the George Floyd protests, which he considered a legitimate response to police brutality in the United States, but ...

  3. Enquiry Concerning Political Justice - Wikipedia

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    Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and its Influence on Morals and Happiness is a 1793 book by the philosopher William Godwin, in which the author outlines his political philosophy. [1] It is the first modern work to elucidate anarchism .

  4. A Theory of Justice - Wikipedia

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    A Theory of Justice is a 1971 work of political philosophy and ethics by the philosopher John Rawls (1921–2002) in which the author attempts to provide a moral theory alternative to utilitarianism and that addresses the problem of distributive justice (the socially just distribution of goods in a society).

  5. Act of Settlement 1701 - Wikipedia

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    However in 1701 Sophia was the senior Protestant one, therefore with a legitimate claim to the English throne; Parliament passed over her Roman Catholic siblings, namely her sister Louise Hollandine of the Palatinate, and their descendants, who included Elizabeth Charlotte, Duchess of Orléans; Louis Otto, Prince of Salm, and his aunts; Anne ...

  6. Two Treatises of Government - Wikipedia

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    First, he neutralises the claims of those who see all authority flowing from William I by the latter's right of conquest. In the absence of any other claims to authority (e.g., Filmer's primogeniture from Adam, divine anointment, etc.), all kings would have to found their authority on the consent of the governed. Second, he removes much of the ...

  7. William Godwin - Wikipedia

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    Caleb Williams is essentially the first thriller: [74] Godwin wryly remarked that some readers were consuming in a night what took him over a year to write. Not the least of its merits is a portrait of the justice system of England and Wales at the time and a prescient picture of domestic espionage.

  8. Prince William's Quotes About Inheriting the Throne After ...

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    Prince William has been preparing for his role as king his whole life, and he has big ideas when it comes to the monarchy’s future.. William is first in line for the British throne behind his ...

  9. John Rawls - Wikipedia

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    A Theory of Justice, published in 1971, aimed to resolve the seemingly competing claims of freedom and equality. The shape Rawls's resolution took, however, was not that of a balancing act that compromised or weakened the moral claim of one value compared with the other.