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Justice in Hobbes’ and Rawls’ Ideologies and the Quest for Social Order in Africa: A Philosophical Reflection

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10.5782/2223-2621.2014.17.1.55
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Divergent opinions and theories have been propounded towards attaining social order in human society as most of those theories are believed to have significant positive effects on the restructuring and reconstruction of society. This is done in the struggle for society devoid of manipulations, deceit, injustice, inequality among other problems confronting man in his relation to others around him. It should be pointed out from the outset that Thomas Hobbes’ theory on the Leviathan and that of John Rawls’ argument for justice as fairness are seen as significant in the reconstruction of the society and stand out among other models/theories. Hence, the essence of this paper is using the platform of these two theorists to argue for the reconstruction of justice and development in African society. This shall be dealt with to in putting across the pit-falls and the inadequacies of the theories to Africa predicaments.
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