John Rawls
American philosopher
John Bordley Rawls was an American moral, legal and political philosopher in the modern liberal tradition. Rawls has been described as one of the most influential political philosophers of the 20th century. Wikipedia
Born: February 21, 1921, Baltimore, MD
Died: November 24, 2002 (age 81 years), Lexington, MA
Influenced: Ronald Dworkin, Amartya Sen, Michael Sandel, and more
Influenced by: Immanuel Kant, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Dewey, and more
Awards: Rolf Schock Prizes (1999) and National Humanities Medal (1999)
Children: Anne Warfield Rawls
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