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?
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 ...
The American political philosopher John Rawls was born in 1921 and published A Theory of Justice in 1971. In celebration of these 100th and 50th anniversaries, we provide this reading list of great ...
Theologians care about justice. So do philosophers. But they don’t talk to each other about it very much. Harvard professors Eric Nelson and Katrina Forrester offer pathways to bridge this gap—each in ...
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) ...
Editor’s Note: The following is adapted from an interview with BR Coeditor Joshua Cohen, conducted by Seth Rensler of Occupy the Airwaves. Seth Resler: John Rawls’s magnum opus is A Theory of Justice, ...
John Rawls, who turned 80 this year, is the most distinguished moral and political philosopher of our age. Initially isolated in a world of Anglo-American philosophy preoccupied with questions of ...
John Rawls, 81, a Harvard University emeritus professor who was an internationally recognized authority on 20th-century political philosophy and legal theory, died Nov. 24 at his home in Lexington, ...
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