1. John Rawls - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia John Rawls (February 21, 1921 – November 24, 2002) was an American philosopher, a professor of political philosophy at Harvard University and author of A http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rawls

John Rawls From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Western Philosophy 20th-century philosophy John Rawls in 1990 (photo by Jane Reed) Name John Rawls Birth February 21 Death November 24 School/tradition Analytic philosophy Main interests Political philosophy Liberalism Justice Politics Notable ideas Justice as Fairness Original position Reflective equilibrium Overlapping consensus ... Public reason Influenced by Immanuel Kant John Locke Karl Marx Abraham Lincoln ... Isaiah Berlin Influenced Thomas Nagel Thomas Pogge Thomas Scanlon Josh Cohen ... Christine Korsgaard John Rawls February 21 November 24 ) was an American philosopher , a professor of political philosophy at Harvard University and author of A Theory of Justice Political Liberalism The Law of Peoples ), and Justice as Fairness: A Restatement ). He is widely considered one of the most important political philosophers of the 20th century. Rawls was a recipient of the Schock Prize for Logic and Philosophy and the National Humanities Medal in 1999, the latter presented by President Bill Clinton , in recognition of how Rawls's thought "helped a whole generation of learned Americans revive their faith in democracy itself."

2. John Rawls John Rawls, 1921. Portrait of J. Rawls. Modern Harvard philosopher. In his most famous book, Theory of Justice (1971), Rawls proposed the idea of original http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/profiles/rawls.htm

John Rawls, 1921- Modern Harvard philosopher. In his most famous book, Theory of Justice (1971), Rawls proposed the idea of "original position", a mental exercise whereby a group of rational people must establish a principle of fairness (such as distribution of income) without knowing beforehand where on the resulting pecking order they will end up themselves. Rawls used this device to argue that the optimal arrangement will be to "maximize the welfare of society's worse-off member", which effectively justifies an egalitarian "no-substitution" social welfare function Major works of John Rawls "Outline of a Decision Procedure for Ethics", 1951, Philosophical Review " Two Concepts of Rules " 1955, Philosophical Review "Justice as Fairness", 1957, J of Philosophy "The Sense of Justice", 1963, Philosophical Review "Constitutional Liberty and the Concept of Justice" 1963, Friedrich and Chapman, eds., Nomos, VI: Justice

3. The Chronicle Of Higher Education John Rawls, who turned 80 this year, is the most distinguished moral and political philosopher of our age. Initially isolated in a world of AngloAmerican http://chronicle.com/weekly/v47/i45/45b00701.htm

@import url(/styles/data/datastyle.css); @import url(/styles/sections/news/newsstyle.css); Home Search The Enduring Significance of John Rawls By MARTHA NUSSBAUM 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 logic and language, Rawls played a major role in reviving an interest in the substantive questions of political philosophy. What makes a society just? How is social justice connected... To continue reading this premium article, you must have a Chronicle account AND a subscription or an online pass. Subscriptions start at $40; Web passes for under $10. If you have a Chronicle account: Log in now. User name Password Remember my user name Forgot your user name? Forgot your password? Don't have a Chronicle account? Create a free account to purchase a subscription or an online pass. The Chronicle of Higher Education Subscribe About The Chronicle Contact us ... Help

4. John Rawls --  Britannica Online Encyclopedia Britannica online encyclopedia article on John Rawls American political and ethical philosopher, best known for his defense of egalitarian liberalism in http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9384858/John-Rawls

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5. John Rawls - Wikiquote John Rawls (21 February 1921 – 24 November 2002) was an American philosopher, a professor of political philosophy at Harvard University. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Rawls

John Rawls From Wikiquote Jump to: navigation search John Rawls 21 February ... 24 November ) was an American philosopher, a professor of political philosophy at Harvard University. He is widely considered one of the most important English-language political philosophers of the 20th century. This philosopher article is a stub . You can help Wikiquote by edit Sourced One who lacks a sense of justice lacks certain fundamental attitudes and capacities included under the notion of humanity. Now the moral feelings are admittedly unpleasant, in some extended sense of unpleasant; but there is no way for us to avoid a liability to them without disfiguring ourselves. This liability is the price of love and trust, of friendship and affection, and of devotion to institutions and traditions from which we have benefited and which serve the general interests of mankind...by understanding what it would be like not to have a sense of justicethat it would be to lack part of our humanity toowe are led to accept our having this sense. A Theory of Justice The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.

6. John Rawls JOHN RAWLS. A Theory of Justice (1971). Thanks to this book, many people consider Rawls to be the most influential philosopher of the late 20th century. http://infotech.fanshawec.on.ca/faculty/jedicke/rawls.htm

Notes on JOHN RAWLS "A Theory of Justice" Thanks to this book, many people consider Rawls to be the most influential philosopher of the late 20th century. Even a lot of politicians have read Rawls' book! He is now getting on in years, and has not been entirely well lately, but he is still at Harvard University. In his book, Rawls used a bunch of catchy phrases and terms that have really caught on among social and political thinkers. So you can often tell if a person is familiar with Rawls' theory just by the way they talk! Justice As Fairness Rawls' theorywhich he often calls justice as fairness is an example of a social contract theory. Rawls' ideas have a little bit in common with the social contract theories of Hobbes and Rousseau and Locke. Rawls mentions Kant's Categorical Imperative and the rule about treating person only as ends and never as means, so people also tie Rawls' theory back to Kant. Rawls' theory is considered a liberal theory , meaning primarily that he is in favour of a society which is designed to help out the less fortunate individuals. Here are the key features of Rawls' theory: The Original Position Recall that Hobbes and Locke and Rousseau each described a state of nature. The state of nature was mainly just a useful idea; Hobbes said that humans never were actually in the state of nature. Hobbes described how people could leave a state of nature by a hypothetical social contract.

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Home Suggest a Biography Forum Contact ... Highest Rated Browse by Letter : A B C D ... Z Rawls John 2002 ) Category ( Philosophers suggest a correction John Rawls was born in 1921 and he died in 2002 having lived a full life where he was considered by some to be one of the most important philosophers of his time. Born in Baltimore, he went to school in Maryland before transferring to Kent School, a well respected prep school in Connecticut. When Rawls graduated in 1939, he went on to Princeton where he discovered a profound understanding of philosophy. After graduating from Princeton, Rawls joined the Army. Having viewed the devastation the bombing of Hiroshima stirred, Rawls left the Army instead of accepting an official position as an officer. Instead, he pursued his doctorate degree at Princeton and married Margaret Fox in 1949. Margaret, a Brown graduate, helped John write the index on a book about Nietzsche during their first months together. John Rawls returned to the states and began teaching at Cornell before later moving to Harvard. Rawls published Theory of Justice in 1971. He was also the author of other papers and intellectual works of thought-provoking creativity. Rawls taught at Harvard for approximately forty years. He had a stroke in 1995 but he went on to write The Law of Peoples which contains his passionate views on various topics including international justice. John Rawls died in 2002. He was eighty-one.

8. John Rawls - Wikipedia, La Enciclopedia Libre Translate this page Biografía del pensador estadounidense con enlaces a términos relevantes. http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rawls

John Rawls De Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre Saltar a navegaci³n bºsqueda John Rawls Baltimore Estados Unidos 21 de febrero de - Lexington, Massachusetts Estados Unidos 24 de noviembre de ) fue un fil³sofo estadounidense Su libro m¡s influyente A Theory of Justice (1971) relanz³ el debate sobre la filosof­a pol­tica. En ©l se construyen dos principios sobre los cuales basar la noci³n de justicia social a partir de una posici³n original equivalente al contrato social de los fil³sofos pol­ticos cl¡sicos. Tabla de contenidos Contribuci³n de Rawls a la filosof­a pol­tica y moral Teor­a de la Justicia La teor­a de la justicia frente al utilitarismo y al intuicionismo Intuicionismo ... editar Contribuci³n de Rawls a la filosof­a pol­tica y moral Rawls es conocido por sus contribuciones a la filosof­a pol­tica liberal . Algunas ideas de los trabajos de Rawls han recibido mucha atenci³n: Los 2 principios de la Justicia (el principio de la libertad y el principio de la diferencia). La posici³n original y el velo de la ignorancia. El equilibrio reflexivo.

9. Contents-John Rawls John Rawls Reply to Habermas. Research. Slobodan Miladinovi Liberal Value Orientations of Power Elites and System Breakdown http://www.nspm.org.yu/Izdanja/pbeng2398jr.htm

Home Info Pretplata Kontakt Prošli brojevi Posebna izdanja Debata SERBIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL THEORY Vol. V, New edition (1998), No.2-3 Contents (Sadržaj) Editorial General topic John Rawls' "Political liberalism" Janoš Kiš : Behind the Veil of Ignorance : Nozick, Rawls and Kant's Concept of the Autonomy of the Person : The Idea of Mutuality in Rawls' "Theory of Justice" Milorad Stupar : Rawls' "Law of Peoples" Dossier Jurgen Habermas : Reconciliation Through the Public Use of Reason John Rawls : Reply to Habermas Research : Liberal Value Orientations of Power Elites and System Breakdown Essays Laslo Sekelj : Nationalism and Democracy: Three Types of Transformation in the East Europe Richard Falk : Accountability for War Crimes and the Legacy of Nuermberg Tradition : Political Dictionary Polemika Book Rewiews : The Central Work of Modern Political Philosophy : Is and How is Political Liberalism Possible? : Post-Cold War Challenges : Paradigm and Strategy of a Perhaps New World Order : History as the Knowledge of What Happened Already : Post-Yugoslav Conflicts: the Taste of the 21st Century : On Minimalist Pesimism Europe and the Balkans : Foreigners as friends od Enemies SADRZAJ

10. John Rawls: Blogs, Photos, Videos And More On Technorati I am delighted to announce that Fabian Freyenhagen and my collection of essays, The Legacy of John Rawls, is now out in a new paperback edition. http://technorati.com/tag/John Rawls

Check out the buzz in Technology Join Sign in Help ... Blogger Central 12 posts tagged John Rawls Subscribe Posts Blogs Videos Photos search in entire post tags only of blogs with any authority a little authority some authority a lot of authority in language all languages Arabic (العربية) Chinese (中文) Dutch (Nederlands) English French (Fran§ais) German (Deutsch) Greek (Ελληνικά) Hebrew (עברית) Italian (Italiano) Japanese (日本語) Korean (한국어) Norwegian (Norsk) Persian (فارسی) Polish (Polski) Portuguese (Portuguªs) Russian (Русский) Spanish (Espa±ol) Swedish (Svenska) Turkish (T¼rk§e) Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) on liberty http://originalremixed.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 01/ 07/ on-liberty/ The only part of the conduct of anyone, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign. 17 days ago in original remixed Authority: 2 The Right to Self-Determination http://www.linkbanana.com/ 2008/ 01/ 06/ the-right-to-self-determination/

11. Happiness And Pleasure In European Thought - John Rawls John Rawls (1921–2002), in A Theory of Justice (1971), provides the best example. Consciously drawing on Aristotle, Rawls claims that a person s good is http://science.jrank.org/pages/9575/Happiness-Pleasure-in-European-Thought-John-

Other Free Encyclopedias Science Encyclopedia The History of Ideas Vol 3 Happiness and Pleasure in European Thought - The Hellenistic Era, The Medieval View, Modern Views On Happiness, Act Utilitarianism, Rule Utilitarianism Happiness and Pleasure in European Thought - John Rawls John Rawls A Theory of Justice Nicomachean Ethics, namely, that the identification of eudaimonia (or happiness) as the final good for humans was a platitude. We have surely not gotten back to this position on happiness. See also Emotions Epicureanism Stoicism Utilitarianism BIBLIOGRAPHY Annas, Julia. The Morality of Happiness. Oxford, U.K., and New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. Philosophy Austin, John. The Province of Jurisprudence Determined. Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 2000. Cooper, John M. Reason and Human Good in Aristotle. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1975. Dongan, Alan. The Theory of Morality. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1977. Irwin, Terence. Oxford, U.K.: Clarendon Press, 1988. Kant, Immanuel. Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals. Translated by Mary Gregor. Cambridge, U.K., and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998.

12. John Rawls John Rawls (19212002) is one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century. Contemporary political philosophy has been reshaped by his seminal http://mqup.mcgill.ca/book.php?bookid=2056

13. Rawls, John [Internet Encyclopedia Of Philosophy] john rawls (19212002) was arguably the most important political philosopher of the 20th century. He wrote a series of highly influential articles in the http://www.iep.utm.edu/r/rawls.htm

John Rawls John Rawls (1921-2002) was arguably the most important political philosopher of the 20th century. He wrote a series of highly influential articles in the 1950s and ’60s that helped refocus Anglo-American moral and political philosophy on substantive problems about what we ought to do. His first book, A Theory of Justice TJ ] (1971), revitalized the social-contract tradition, using it to articulate and defend a detailed vision of egalitarian liberalism. In Political Liberalism PL (1993), he recast the role of political philosophy, accommodating it to the effectively permanent “reasonable pluralism” of religious, philosophical, and other comprehensive doctrines or worldviews that characterize modern societies. He explains how philosophers can characterize public justification and the legitimate, democratic use of collective coercive power while accepting that pluralism. Although most of this entry will be devoted to TJ , the exposition of that work will take account of Political Liberalism and other later works of Rawls.

14. A Theory Of Justice By John Rawls In his famous theory of justice, the philosopher john rawls asks us to imagine a social contract drawn up by selfinterested agents negotiating under a veil http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~piccard/entropy/rawls.html

A Theory of Justice , by John Rawls Tier III 415A Home Page A Theory of Justice , by John Rawls, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971. This outline of an extended book review is based in large part on notes composed by Darrell Huwe. I have attempted with limited success to understand Rawls' book - please do not regard this as being in any sense an authoritative summary of Rawls' thought. I personally find this book particularly difficult to penetrate, perhaps because my training is in the physical sciences rather than philosophy, and I generalize quite beyond the evidence when I suspect that others also find it less than accessible. I hope that this review is helpful. The Chronicle of Higher Education has published an article, "The Enduring Significance of John Rawls" , by Martha Nussbaum. John Rawls died at age 81 on November 24, 2002. Dick Piccard General Conception All social primary goods - liberty and opportunity, income and wealth, and the bases of self-respect - are to be distributed equally unless an unequal distribution of any or all of these goods is to the advantage of the least favored. Social Contract John Locke: Free people need to agree on some ground rules in order to live together in harmony.

15. John Rawls Bibliography A list of selected writings by rawls, from the University of California Irvine. http://sun3.lib.uci.edu/~scctr/philosophy/rawls.html

UCI Department of Philosophy Up The Department of Philosophy of the ... University of California, Irvine Presents the INAUGURAL ABRAHAM MELDEN LECTURES JOHN RAWLS Harvard University THE IDEA OF PUBLIC REASON Two lectures I. Tuesday, February 27, 1990 II. Thursday, March 1, 1990 JOHN RAWLS A Selected Bibliography Compiled by Eddie Yeghiayan "A Study in the Grounds of Ethical Knowledge: Considered with Reference to Judgments on the Moral Worth of Character." Ph.D. Dissertation, Princeton University, 1950. Abstract in Disserta tion Abstracts "Outline of a Decision Procedure for Ethics." Philosophical Review (April Review of Inquiries into the Nature of Law and Morals C.D. Broad, tr.). Mind (July Review of Stephen Toulmin's An Examination of the Place of Reason in Ethics Philosophical Review (October "Two Concepts of Rules." Philosophical Review (January "Justice as Fairness." Journal of Philosophy (October 24, An abbreviated version of the next item. "Justice as Fairness." Philosophical Review (April Review of A. Vilhelm Lundstedt's

16. Original Position (Stanford Encyclopedia Of Philosophy) The idea of the original position is perhaps the most lasting contribution of john rawls to our theorizing about social justice. The original position is a http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/original-position/

Cite this entry Search the SEP Advanced Search Tools ... Please Read How You Can Help Keep the Encyclopedia Free Original Position First published Tue Feb 27, 1996; substantive revision Tue Apr 8, 2003 The idea of the original position is perhaps the most lasting contribution of John Rawls to our theorizing about social justice. The original position is a hypothetical situation in which rational calculators, acting as agents or trustees for the interests of concrete individuals, are pictured as choosing those principles of social relations under which their principals would do best. Their choices are subject to certain constraints, however, and it is these constraints which embody the specifically moral elements of original position argumentation. Crudely, the rational calculators do not know facts about their principals which would be morally irrelevant to the choice of principles of justice. This restriction on their reasoning is embodied, picturesquely, in Rawls's so-called veil of ignorance choice

17. John Rawls -- Philosophy Books And Online Resources john rawls philosophy resources. Resources include commentaries on Rawl s A Theory of Justice, book reviews, new and used books by and about rawls and more. http://erraticimpact.com/~20thcentury/html/john_rawls.htm

20th Century Index General Resources Women in Philosophy New Book Search ... Advertising John Rawls Online Resources Texts: John Rawls Used Books: John Rawls Know of a Resource? Books Magazines Popular Music Classical Music DVD Video Video Games Computers Software Electronics Housewares Hardware Outdoor Living Toys Baby Gear Collected Papers by John Rawls , Samuel Richard Freeman (Editor) John Rawls's work on justice has drawn more commentary and aroused wider attention than any other work in moral or political philosophy in the twentieth century. But before and after writing his great treatises, Rawls produced a steady stream of essays, some of which articulate views of justice and liberalism distinct from those found in the two books. They are important in and of themselves because of the deep issues about the nature of justice, moral reasoning, and liberalism they raise as well as for the light they shed on the evolution of Rawls's views.... Click here to learn more about this book Click here for more Rawls Books Click here for 20th Century Philosophy Books A Theory of Justice Slide Presentation.

18. Harvard Gazette: John Rawls, Influential Political Philosopher, Dead At 81 Author of A Theory of Justice was James Bryant Conant University Professor Emeritus. http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2002/11.21/99-rawls.html

Current Issue: November 25, 2002 News News, events, features Science/Research Latest scientific findings Profiles The people behind the university Community Harvard and neighbor communities Sports Scores, highlights, upcoming games On Campus Newsmakers, notes, students, police log Arts Museums, concerts, theater Calendar Two-week listing of upcoming events Subscribe Gazette headlines delivered to your desktop HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES John Rawls (Staff photo by Jane Reed) John Rawls, influential political philosopher, dead at 81: Author of "A Theory of Justice" was James Bryant Conant University Professor Emeritus By Ken Gewertz Gazette Staff Updated 4 p.m. 11/26/02 John Rawls, the James Bryant Conant University Professor Emeritus, whose 1971 book, "A Theory of Justice" argued persuasively for a society based on equality and individual rights, died Sunday (Nov. 24) at the age of 81. Rawls is considered by many to be the most important political philosopher of the 20th century and a powerful advocate of the liberal perspective. His work continues to be a major influence in the fields of ethics, law, political science, and economics, and has been translated into 27 languages. Harvard University President Lawrence H. Summers said, "I am deeply saddened by the death of John Rawls. He combined profound wisdom with equally profound humanity. Few if any modern philosophers have had as decisive an impact on how we think about justice. Scholars in many different fields will continue to learn from him for generations to come."

19. Rawls On Justice This web page is based primarily on ideas contained in john rawls influential book A Theory of Justice (Harvard University Press, 1971), which has been http://www.wku.edu/~jan.garrett/ethics/johnrawl.htm

John Rawls on Justice This web page was revised September 3, 2002 Note. This web page is based primarily on ideas contained in John Rawls' influential book A Theory of Justice (Harvard University Press, 1971), which has been discussed by many philosophers and nonphilosophers alike. Its ideas are often quoted and paraphrased in textbooks for Introduction to Philosophy, Ethics, and Business Ethics courses. But Rawls has gone beyond his views of 1971, and philosophy courses are beginning to take his important later thinking into account. The later ideas of Rawls to some extent build on the earlier work summarized below. A new webpage has been developed to accompany the discussion of Rawls' later ideas. See John Rawls' Mature Theory of Social Justice Contents Introduction Rawls' Method Rawls' Two Principles of Justice Beyond Rawls Introduction Selecting Principles of Justice. Different principles of distributive justice are proposed by different philosophers. Does that mean that we may choose any one of them with equal justification? A "yes" answer to this question would make disputes about fairness impossible to settle. To avoid this, we must find some non-arbitary method of selecting among proposed principles of justice. The Uses of Tradition.

20. John Rawls rawls s theory of justice revolves around the adaptation of two fundamental principles of justice which would, in turn, guarantee a just and morally http://caae.phil.cmu.edu/cavalier/Forum/meta/background/Rawls.html

John Rawls A Theory of Justice Rawls's theory of justice revolves around the adaptation of two fundamental principles of justice which would, in turn, guarantee a just and morally acceptable society. The first principle guarantees the right of each person to have the most extensive basic liberty compatible with the liberty of others. The second principle states that social and economic positions are to be (a) to everyone's advantage and (b) open to all. A key problem for Rawls is to show how such principles would be universally adopted, and here the work borders on general ethical issues. He introduces a theoretical "veil of ignorance" in which all the "players" in the social game would be placed in a situation which is called the "original position." Having only a general knowledge about the facts of "life and society," each player is to make a "rationally prudential choice" concerning the kind of social institution they would enter into contract with. By denying the players any specific information about themselves it forces them to adopt a generalized point of view that bears a strong resemblance to the moral point of view. "Moral conclusions can be reached without abandoning the prudential standpoint and positing a moral outlook merely by pursuing one's own prudential reasoning under certain procedural bargaining and knowledge constraints." Comments on Rawls's Political Liberalism Thomas McCarthy's recent comments on Habermas and Rawls.

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