American Enterprise Institute: John Rawls (1921-2002)
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John Rawls
John Bordley Rawls was an American philosopher, most active in moral, legal, and political philosophy. Rawls has been described as one of the most influential modern liberal political philosophers of the 20th century.
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politics · American philosopher (1921–2002) · philosopher · pedagogue · university teacher · politician · also John Rawls, Rawls
Born 21 February 1921 · Died 24 November 2002 · Q172544
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2024· 1 entry
2021· 1 entry
Reason: Happy 100th Birthday, John Rawls!
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2013· 1 entry
And was revived for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
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2002· 9 entries
The Christian Century: A vision of justice: John Rawls, 1921-2002
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The Atlantic: John Rawls and the Politics of Social Justice
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San Diego Union-Tribune: John Rawls Memoriam
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The Washington Post: Philosopher John Rawls Dies
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Died 2002-11-24.
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“The concept of justice I take to be defined, then, by the role of its principles in assigning rights and duties and in defining the appropriate division of social advantages. A conception of justice is an interpretation of this role.”
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“The suppression of liberty is always likely to be irrational.”
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“Social and economic inequalities, for example inequalities of wealth and authority, are just only if they result in compensating benefits for everyone, and in particular for the least advantaged members of society.”
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“The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.”
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2001· 1 entry
Shortly before his death was Justice as Fairness: A Restatement, a response to criticisms of A Theory of Justice
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1999· 2 entries
Won National Humanities Medal (1999).
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Awarded Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy (1999).
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1995· 1 entry
Had the first of several strokes, severely impeding his ability to continue to work
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1990· 1 entry
Will Kymlicka wrote in his introduction to the field that "it is generally accepted that the recent rebirth of normative political philosophy began with the publication of John Rawls's A Theory of Justice in 1971"
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1989· 1 entry
Copies of A Theory of Justice were brandished by protesters in the face of government officials
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1972· 1 entry
Awarded Ralph Waldo Emerson Award for A Theory of Justice (1972).
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1971· 1 entry
Aimed to resolve the seemingly competing claims of freedom and equality
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1968· 1 entry
And withdrew from the society three years later, just before his A Theory of Justice was published
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1964· 1 entry
Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship (1964).
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1960· 1 entry
As a professor in the humanities division at MIT
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1952· 1 entry
Awarded Fulbright Scholarship (1952).
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1950· 2 entries
After completing a doctoral dissertation titled A Study in the Grounds of Ethical Knowledge: Considered with Reference to Judgments on the Moral Worth of Character
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Studied at Princeton University, Doctor of Philosophy (1939–1950).
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1943· 1 entry
With a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude
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1939· 1 entry
Rawls attended Princeton University, where he was accepted into the Ivy Club and the American Whig–Cliosophic Society
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1928· 1 entry
The seven-year-old Rawls contracted diphtheria
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1921· 2 entries
In Baltimore, Maryland, the second of five sons
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Born 1921-02-21.
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