Foreign thinker
John Rawls
John RawlsPolitical PhilosophyAmerican1921–2002
Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought.
Life and Thought
John Rawls (1921–2002) was an American philosopher and one of the most important figures in political philosophy and ethics of the twentieth century. He is renowned for formulating the theory of "justice as fairness" and for his book *A Theory of Justice*.
Bibliography
Writings and transcribed lectures10 titles
A Theory of Justice
Political Liberalism
The Rights of Peoples
Justice as Fairness: A Restatement
Lectures on the History of Moral Philosophy
Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
Collected Papers of John Rawls
A Theory of Justice
Justice as Fairness
Political Liberalism
