biography
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Rawls, John (Bordley)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1921–2002)
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| biography:
| Philosopher, born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He studied at Princeton, and taught at Princeton and Cornell before going to Harvard as professor in 1962. His best-known work, A Theory of Justice (1971), has probably been the most discussed text in social and political philosophy since World War 2, reviving an interest in social contract theory, rights, and liberalism. |
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