It is, in Rawls’s words, a theory of Justice as Fairness. Among much else, 1971 was the year of the Pentagon Papers, the My Lai massacre convictions and Nixon’s détente with China. It seems ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss A Theory of Justice by John Rawls, first published in 1971, a work that's been called the most influential book in 20th-century political philosophy.

Before his death in 2002, Rawls was arguably the foremost proponent of “distributive justice.” In A Theory of Justice, he offered a thought experiment.Imagine you and a group of other people ...

A Theory of Justice, his most famous work, has been cited nearly 60,000 times by one metric. This year marks its 50th anniversary, with conferences on the occasion at University of Virginia Law ...

Rawls’s 1971 book, “A Theory of Justice,” revived the idea of the social contract, the concept that society is a cooperative venture from which everyone should expect to benefit.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, a changemaker in the philosophy of justice, is one of Vox’s Future Perfect 50 for 2023. This annual list highlights 50 people who are making the world a better place ...

Rawls’ theory places a strong emphasis on distributive justice, aiming to rectify social and economic inequalities through fair distribution of resources and opportunities.

The concept, so-called, of “two principles of justice”, is synonymous with the name of John Rawls, a highly influential American liberal political philosopher of the last century. It forms the ...

But A Theory of Justice is a monumental achievement. Covid-19 has shown some of the limitations of the lauded intellectual's philosophy, writes Jesse Norman. But A Theory of Justice is a monumental ...