[slibhb]

I'm don't think you're being fair to Rawls.

Rawls does say we should optimize social and economic inequality for the worst-off. But he insists that equality of opportunity and equality under the law come first. Only when those liberal conditions are met are we to focus on helping the worst off.

So, in a society operating under Rawls' rules, you could see a lot of inequality...so long as that inequality is the result of everyone having the same rights. In my opinion that is usually the case, so I don't view Rawls as particularly radical.

That aside, I'm not convinced that Rawls addresses the kind of thought experiment you're talking about.

[Vecr]

> That aside, I'm not convinced that Rawls addresses the kind of thought experiment you're talking about.

The Wikipedia page says that's a common criticism of Rawls, but it might be wrong.