Rawls rejects utilitarianism because he believe that utilitarianism could permit an unfair distribution of benefits and burden. In Utilitarianism , the right or wrong is determined by which one bring the most happiness to the people. This will greatly damage the justice system because some wrong doings could be perceived as right as long as it make people happy
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Abraham Lincoln's primary goal was to save the Union, regardless of whatever needed to be done in order to accomplish that purpose. This quote comes from one of his famous letter, which was written in the Civil War period of the U.S., a time where the stability, peace, and unity of the country were at high risk.
