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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2010

Donald C. Hubin  and
Mark B. Lambeth
Donald C. Hubin
Affiliation:
Ohio State University
Mark B. Lambeth
Affiliation:
Ohio State University
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Hypothetical contractarians hold that justice is defined by a contract which would (rationally) be made in some specified situation. The characterization of this situation is a matter of great controversy. If it is taken to be our real-life situation, obvious counterexamples arise. Previous acts of predation may make rational an agreement which could hardly be called “just”. Various alternative characterizations have been offered with a variety of justifications. Still, this is a difficult point in contractarian theory.

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Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review / Revue canadienne de philosophie , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , Autumn 1988 , pp. 489 - 502
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Copyright © Canadian Philosophical Association 1988

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