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37 Post author: emr 26 March 2015 12:14AM

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Comment author: seer 27 March 2015 02:56:24AM 7 points [-]

The problem is that Rawls asserts that everyone is maximally risk-averse.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 30 March 2015 05:31:28PM -1 points [-]

I don't think Rawls makes that assertion. Rawls does presume some amount of risk aversion, but it seems highly inaccurate to say that Rawls asserts that "everyone is maximally risk-averse."