Fairytales have their own opinions on the biggest issue in economic justice: what is a fair distribution of resources? The arguments of the two most important political philosophers of the 20th century, John Rawls and Robert Nozick, can be seen, with uncanny resemblance, in the classic Grimm fairytales, Cinderella and Rumpelstiltskin.
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Cinderella vs. Rumpelstiltskin
by Joyce Ong | 05 February 2011
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