2. “It is incorrect to say that distributive shares rewardindividuals according to their moral worth. But what we can say is that, in the traditional phrase, a just scheme of distribution gives each person his due, that is, it allocates to each what he isentitled to as defined by the scheme itself. The principles of justice for institutions and individuals establish that doing this is fair.”John Rawls, A Theory of Justice(Revised ed, Oxford University Press 1999) 275-276.Rawls rejects moral worth as a basis for just distribution of primary goods although he keeps a role for due reward. Consider how Rawls and one other thinker we have studied handle the role, if any, of moral worth or due reward in their theory of justice. Which thinker do you think gives the most persuasive account of the role that moral worth or due rewardshould play in a theory of distributive justice?
