John Rawls
Contemporary United States Political Philosophy
Biography
American moral and political philosopher who held the James Bryant Conant University Professorship at Harvard University.
Life Dates
Born: February 21, 1921
Died: November 24, 2002
Notable Quotes
"Justice is the first virtue of social institutions."
"Each person possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of society as a whole cannot override."
"The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance."
"A just society is a society that if you knew everything about it, you'd be willing to enter it in a random place."
"Injustice is simply inequalities that are not to the benefit of all."
Influenced By
Contemporaries
Judith ButlerMartha NussbaumCornel WestNancy CartwrightWillard Van Orman QuineThomas KuhnRichard RortyNoam ChomskyMartha NussbaumDaniel DennettJudith ButlerCornel WestAlvin PlantingaSaul KripkeHilary PutnamJohn SearleThomas NagelRobert NozickChristine KorsgaardMichael SandelNancy FraserLinda ZagzebskiDavid LewisPeter van InwagenBrian LeiterJonathan HaidtHelen LonginoElliott SoberSusanna SiegelPaul BoghossianRobert BrandomHubert DreyfusAlison GopnikJesse PrinzShaun NicholsTamar GendlerStephen YabloSally HaslangerJason StanleyL.A. PaulPeter RailtonFred DretskeTyler BurgeRuth MillikanNed BlockSydney ShoemakerRoderick ChisholmNelson GoodmanWilfrid Sellars