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Section leaders encourage students to object to Rawls' scheme on the grounds that it unwisely compromises efficiency for the sake of equity. It is true that a Rawlsian society does focus on the least well-off and contends that income differentials must be justified. But all the Difference Principle asks is that the inequalities in society be harnessed to provide some benefit to the poor. Rawls' "Justice as Fairness" is not about levelling equality. A more truly Rawlsian policy might be adjusting marginal tax rates on high incomes and channeling the revenue to the less well...
Substantial inequality between rich and poor can coexist with Rawls' scheme. True, the Difference Principle would veto an increase in income at the top with zero redistribution to the bottom. But this limitation, in place in many industrial societies, is not exactly bringing capitalism to its knees...
Some of the costuming was also well-done and frequently quite amusing. All of it was reasonably true to the time period (with the exception of the sailors' black loafers). And Sir Joseph's life-jacket, complete with gold tassels to assert his importance and the nighteap and gown which he later sports, made him even more of a comic figure...
...National Institutes of Health nor the Office of Scientific Integrity has stated at any time that the Six Cities Study is under investigation. We have neither confirmed nor denied any action in this matter, and have declined any additional comment. Thus, the headline in your story is simply not true. Susanne W. Hadley Acting Director Office of Scientific Integrity, National Institutes of Health
...PBHA undertakes this year to revamp its structure and governance, the organization should keep one goal clearly in sight: ensuring that the authority of undergraduates is on par with that of the professional staff. Otherwise, staff meddling will continue to interfere with PBHA's true purpose...