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John Rawls Obituary John Rawls died on Sunday November 24 2002 at the age of 81. Below is the obituary provided by Harvard University: "John Rawls, the James Bryant Conant University Professor Emeritus, whose 1971 book, "A Theory of Justice" argued persuasively for a political philosophy 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 second half of the 20th century and a powerful advocate of the liberal perspective. In "A Theory of Justice", Rawls sets forth the proposition that "Each person possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of society as a whole cannot override. Therefore, in a just society the rights secured by justice are not subject to political bargaining or to the calculus of social interests." Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Rawls attended the Kent School in Kent, Conn., and earned a B.A. degree from Princeton in 1943. He served in the armed forces from 1943 to 1945, returning to Princeton the following year to take up graduate studies. He received his Ph.D. in 1950. Before joining the Harvard Philosophy Department in 1962, he was an instructor at Princeton (1950-52), assistant and associate professor of philosophy at Cornell (1953-59), and professor of philosophy at M.I.T. (1960-62). He was appointed the Conant University Professor at Harvard in 1979. University professors hold Harvard?s highest professorial posts. These special endowed positions were established in 1935 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College for "individuals of distinction ... working on the frontiers of knowledge, and in such a way as to cross the conventional boundaries of the specialties." In addition to "A Theory of Justice" (nominated for a National Book Award), his publications include "Political Liberalism" (1993), "Collected Papers" (1999), "Lectures on the History of Moral Philosophy" (2000), and "Justice as Fairness: A Restatement" (2001)."Essays and articles by Rawls "Two Concepts of Rules" by John Rawls, The Philosophical Review, Vol. 64 (1955), pp. 3-13 Assisted Suicide: The Philosophers? Brief. Filed at the US Supreme Court when considering euthanasia. Written by Ronald Dworkin, Thomas Nagel, Robert Nozick, John Rawls, Thomas Scanlon and Judith Jarvis Thomson.
Essays and article about Rawls John Rawls. Excellent resource from the Philosophy Research Base. The Politics of John Rawls. Critical essay. Two conceptions of Justice. Article examining Nozick's and Rawls' debate over Justice. The rigorous compassion of John Rawls. Justice, Justice, Shalt Thou Pursue, by Thomas Nagel in the New Republic. An essay on Rawls' Contractarianism in A Theory of Justice. Slide Show on Distributive Justice. Reviews of Political Liberalism: Rawls's Strangely Apolitical Political Liberalism; Rawlsian Reasonableness and the Creation of Citizens; Rawls and the Rethinking of the Priority of the Right over the Good. Ideas A Rawls Glossary. Ideal summary for beginners Original position. For useful articles setting out the concept of the Original position in Rawls' work and Nozick's critique see the expansive explanations provided in the Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy also here at Rawls: The Original Position. Social Contract Theory. Background reading on the history of the idea of a social contract in political thought. Click here to read the article. Stanford's encyclopaedia entry can be found here. Distributive Justice. Stanford's entry on differing conceptions of distributive justice is a helpful route in to understanding the context behind Rawls' position. Liberalism. Stanford entry on liberalism. Further reading The Bentham project. Find out more about the father of utilitarianism - the creed which Rawls so passionately opposes. Kant resource centre. Excellent web resource for the philosopher on whose shoulders Rawls stands. Do Human Rights Apply in China? An application of Rawls' two Principles of Justice to China and Hong Kong.
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