Full Idea
Rawls defends the thesis of the priority of the right over the good.
Gist of Idea
Rawls defends the priority of right over good
Source
report of John Rawls (A Theory of Justice [1972]) by James Gordon Finlayson - Habermas Ch.7:100
Book Reference
Finlayson,James G.: 'Habermas' [OUP 2005], p.100
A Reaction
It depends whether you are talking about actions, or about states of affairs. I don't see how any state of affairs can be preferred to the good one. It may be that the highest duty of action is to do what is right, rather than to achieve what is good.