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Full Idea
Men's propensity to injustice is not a permanent aspect of community life.
Gist of Idea
Human injustice is not a permanent feature of communities
Source
John Rawls (A Theory of Justice [1972], p.245), quoted by John Kekes - Against Liberalism
Book Ref
Kekes,John: 'Against Liberalism' [Cornell 1997], p.150
A Reaction
This attitude is dismissed by Kekes, with some justification, as naïve optimism. What could be Rawls's grounds for making such a claim? It couldn't be the facts of human history.