In the courtliest of tones, Mr Sen charges John Rawls, an American philosopher who died in 2002, with sending political thinkers up a tortuous blind alley.

• 森以尽可能谦和却不失威严的语气声讨约翰.；罗尔斯，这位2002年离世的美国哲学家，将政治思想家们带入了一条拐弯抹角的死胡同。