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John Rawls

John Bordley Rawls (/rɔːlz/; February 21, 1921 – November 24, 2002) 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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Awards
Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy (1999) · National Humanities Medal (1999)
Education
Princeton University (BA, PhD) · Christ Church, Oxford
Born
John Bordley Rawls (1921-02-21)February 21, 1921 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Died
November 24, 2002(2002-11-24) (aged 81) Lexington, Massachusetts, U.S.
Doctoral advisor
Walter Terence Stace
Doctoral students
Elizabeth S. Anderson · Hilary Bok · Claudia Card · Joshua Cohen · Arnold Davidson

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related to Further reading · 55
John Rawls → Abingdon, An Introduction, Applying Rawls, Archived, August, Belknap Press, CA, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Cato Institute, Columbia University Press, Contemporary Political Theory, Defense, Fairness, Freeman, Globalizing World, Harvard University Press, In Hamowy, ISBN, John
Doctoral students · 21
John Rawls → Adrian Piper, Allan Gibbard, Andreas Teuber, Arnold Davidson, Barbara Herman, Christine Korsgaard, Claudia Card, Elizabeth S. Anderson, Hannah Ginsborg, Henry S. Richardson, Hilary Bok, Jean Elizabeth Hampton, Joshua Cohen, Michael Stocker, Michele Moody-Adams, Onora O'Neill, Samuel Freeman, Susan Neiman, Thomas E. Hill Jr., Thomas Nagel
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John Rawls → April, Audio, Cambridge Rawls LexiconInternet Encyclopedia, Fred D'AgostinoStanford Encyclopedia, Google Scholar, Henry, Leif WenarStanford Encyclopedia, Michael BuckleyStanford Encyclopedia, Modern Political Philosophy, Norman DanielsJohn Rawls Archived, Original Position, Philosophy Entry, Political Constructivisim, Rawls's, Reflective Equilibrium, RichardsonInternet Encyclopedia, Wayback Machine
Notable ideas · 12
John Rawls → Deliberative democracy, Justice as fairness, Liberal neutrality, Liberal socialism, Original position, Overlapping consensus, Primary goods, Property-owning democracy, Public reason, Reflective equilibrium, Telishment, Veil of ignorance
Main interests · 5
John Rawls → Democracy, Instrumental and value rationality, Political legitimacy, Political philosophy, Social contract theory
Notable students · 5
John Rawls → David Lyons, Gurcharan Das, Nancy Sherman, Sissela Bok, T. M. Scanlon
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John Rawls → Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Justice, Oxford, The Musical, Theory
Institutions · 3
John Rawls → Cornell University, Harvard University, Princeton University
Awards · 2
John Rawls → National Humanities Medal (1999), Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy (1999)
Education · 2
John Rawls → Christ Church, Oxford, Princeton University (BA, PhD)

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