John Rawls

American philosopher of justice.

Key Aspects:

• Developed veil of ignorance.
• Explored fairness, equality.
• Influenced political philosophy.

Related Concepts & Works:

• Contractualism (related movement)
• Politics (parent branch)
• Justice (related concept)
• A Theory of Justice (major work)

Record

Portrait: Published by the Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. Photograph taken by Alec Rawls, John's son. The portrait was uncredited on the original dust jacket, but Alec is identified as its photographer on the copyright page of the 1994 German-language first edition of the book John Rawls by Thomas Pogge. · Public domain

Lived: 1921–2002

Tradition: American

Wikidata: Q172544 — dates from this record, not from this page