Full Idea
All contract theories, including Rawls's, assume a rough equality of physical and mental power among the participants.
Gist of Idea
Social contracts assume equal powers among the participants
Source
Martha Nussbaum (Creating Capabilities [2011], 4)
Book Reference
Nussbaum,Martha C.: 'Creating Capabilities' [Belknap Harvard 2013], p.86
Related Idea
Idea 21013 Capabilities are grounded in bare humanity and agency; qualifying as rational is not needed [Nussbaum]