John Rawls, a political philosopher who shaped late 20th century notions of social justice with ideas that guided debates over topics from affirmative action and welfare to physician-assisted suicide, ...

John Rawls, who died on November 24, almost single-handedly revived the Anglo-American study of political philosophy and ethics from a half century of slumber. His classic book, A Theory of Justice ...

Asked to describe John Rawls, his old friend and fellow philosopher, Rogers Albritton said, "My principle sense of Jack is of a man who has an incredibly fine moral sense in his dealings with other ...

The philosopher John Rawls has died at 81. It’s well known that he had an enormous influence on academic discussions of social, political, and economic justice: His 1971 book, A Theory of Justice, is ...

CAMBRIDGE (USA), Nov 28: John Rawls, a towering figure of 20th century political philosophy who embraced the rights of the individual over the greater good of society, has died at the age of 81, ...

An appreciation from the Right. This past Sunday marked the death of Harvard University’s John Rawls, widely regarded as the most influential political philosopher of the 20th century. I met Rawls ...

Since the death of John Rawls last week at the age of 82, many eulogistic pieces have appeared in the press hailing him as the greatest political philosopher of his time. Virtually all of them cited ...

Today is the 100th birthday of the late John Rawls, probably the most significant political philosopher of the 20th century. Rawls' most important and influential works were A Theory of Justice (1971) ...

Using his thought experiment of adopting a “veil of ignorance”, John Rawls advocated for basic liberties and redistribution to benefit the least well-off. Robert Nozick opposed this view, arguing for ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- John Bordley Rawls died Sunday at the age of 81. Previously, when asked to describe Rawls, his old friend and fellow philosopher Rogers Albritton said: "My principal sense ...

While we cannot change the world with dreams alone, moral ideas can inspire people to come together and change their societies for the better. John Rawls in 1987. What would a fair society look like?

What Makes a Good Lecture? New Thinking: Eco-Criticism Patricia Lockwood and André Aciman Class and social mobility New Thinking: Fashion Stories in Museums Darwin's The Descent of Man (1871) Coins, ...