Devolution is one of the most transformative changes in the 2010 Constitution. Specifically, Article 174 of the Constitution provides that the key objectives of devolution include among others to ...

ALLEN: I will do my best. Um, so, yes, I mean Rawls' "Theory of Justice" is the single most influential book of political philosophy in the English-speaking world, um, in the late 20th century.

Rawls’ ambitious tome offers “a systematic theory of social justice for liberal democracies”, says the Cambridge philosopher Sarah Fine. The key thought experiment in Rawls’ theory is as follows.

India’s Constitution replaces a sword and the blindfold has been cast off. While this is a judicious reform of judicial iconography and a worthy move by the Judiciary to shed its colonial ...

We believe the answer lies in grounding the field in different foundations: the political philosophy of John Rawls. Rawls may initially seem like an odd choice. Rawls is known for producing an ...

Rawls included a version of the cake-cutting scenario in “A Theory of Justice,” his landmark 1971 book that the economist and philosopher Daniel Chandler wants to resurrect for a new era.

In A Theory of Justice, published in 1971, philosopher John Rawls develops a theory of justice broken down into principles that work toward creating a fair society for all. (Wikimedia/Belknap Press) ...

To learn more about the FP50 methodology and criteria, go here. In Reconsidering Reparations, Táíwò challenges the theory of justice developed by the American philosopher John Rawls.

Review of Rawls’s A Theory of Justice at 50, edited by Paul Weithman (Cambridge University Press, 2023). John Rawls is widely considered one of — if not the — most influential American philosophers.

John Rawls' “Theory of Justice” played a major role in framing the modern concept of social justice. In his just society, all have equal claim to basic rights and liberties.