Question 1

What is the best book to start with?

Accepted Answer

A Theory of Justice, sections 1–4 and section 24. You get the stake, the subject, and the veil in his own sentences before the machinery of the proofs.

Question 2

What is the most famous quote?

Accepted Answer

This library does not measure fame, and it does not rank lines by how often they are shared. The first line it files for John Rawls that is not marked Questionable or Misattributed is “Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought.” (A Theory of Justice, §1, Well attested).

Question 3

What is the most misquoted line?

Accepted Answer

None of the lines this library files for John Rawls is marked Misattributed or Questionable. That is a fact about these cards, not a certificate that every popular sentence is theirs.

Question 4

What is one key idea, in a sentence?

Accepted Answer

Basic structure: The main institutions, not personal virtue, are the subject of these principles.