From: utzoo!decvax!wivax!linus!security!tfl Newsgroups: net.philosophy Title: Re: Rational Self-Interest Article-I.D.: security.193 Posted: Tue Mar 15 13:00:15 1983 Received: Tue Mar 22 20:32:43 1983 I'm coming in late to this discussion. Has anyone referenced John Rawls' A THEORY OF JUSTICE? (sometimes known as "That monster green book.") His theory is based on an origin in state of rational self-interest. However, like the earlier model of `The State of Nature,' (Rousseau? ) too much can be made from assuming it to be more than a metaphor. ---someone who knows his a priori from his a posteriori