word
liberal egalitarianism
LIB-er-ul ee-gal-ih-TAYR-ee-an-iz-um
ˈlɪbərəl ɪˌɡælɪˈteəriənɪzəmListen
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Syllable breakdown
liberalegalitarianism
Dictionary meaning
a political philosophy that combines a commitment to individual rights and freedoms characteristic of classical liberalism with a strong concern for distributive justice and equality of opportunity; most influentially articulated by John Rawls in A Theory of Justice through the difference principle — that social and economic inequalities are only justified if they benefit the least advantaged members of society — arrived at through the device of reasoning behind a veil of ignorance
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