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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature

23110	Human injustice is not a permanent feature of communities [Rawls]
	Full Idea: Men's propensity to injustice is not a permanent aspect of community life.
	From: John Rawls (A Theory of Justice [1972], p.245), quoted by John Kekes - Against Liberalism
	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.