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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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TTTA extracted 148 structured relationships around John Rawls. Examples in this analysis include John Rawls → Awards → Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy (1999) and John Rawls → Awards → National Humanities Medal (1999). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Rawls | Awards | Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy (1999) | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Rawls | Awards | National Humanities Medal (1999) | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Rawls | Born | John Bordley Rawls (1921-02-21)February 21, 1921 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Rawls | Died | November 24, 2002(2002-11-24) (aged 81) Lexington, Massachusetts, U.S. | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Rawls | Doctoral advisor | Walter Terence Stace | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Rawls | Doctoral students | Elizabeth S. Anderson | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Rawls | Doctoral students | Hilary Bok | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Rawls | Doctoral students | Claudia Card | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Rawls | Doctoral students | Joshua Cohen | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Rawls | Doctoral students | Arnold Davidson | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Rawls | Doctoral students | Samuel Freeman | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Rawls | Doctoral students | Hannah Ginsborg | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Rawls | Doctoral students | Allan Gibbard | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Rawls | Doctoral students | Jean Elizabeth Hampton | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Rawls | Doctoral students | Barbara Herman | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Rawls | Doctoral students | Thomas E. Hill Jr. | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Rawls | Doctoral students | Christine Korsgaard | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Rawls | Doctoral students | Michele Moody-Adams | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Rawls | Doctoral students | Thomas Nagel | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Rawls | Doctoral students | Susan Neiman | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Rawls | Doctoral students | Onora O'Neill | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Rawls | Doctoral students | Adrian Piper | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Rawls | Doctoral students | Thomas Pogge | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Rawls | Doctoral students | Henry S. Richardson | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Rawls | Doctoral students | Michael Stocker | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Rawls | Doctoral students | Andreas Teuber | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Rawls | Education | Princeton University (BA, PhD) | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Rawls | Education | Christ Church, Oxford | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Rawls | Era | Contemporary philosophy | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Rawls | Institutions | Princeton University | 1.00 | infobox |
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Source: Wikipedia — John Rawls · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout