Using his thought experiment of adopting a “veil of ignorance”, John Rawls advocated for basic liberties and redistribution to benefit the least well-off. Robert Nozick opposed this view, arguing for ...

As liberal democracy spreads across more and more of the globe, the influence of John Rawls seems likely to spread. Rawls, who died on November 24 at age 82, wrote the 20th century’s most complete ...

Since the death of John Rawls last week at the age of 82, many eulogistic pieces have appeared in the press hailing him as the greatest political philosopher of his time. Virtually all of them cited ...

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This paper opens with a concern for the causes of the maldistribution of health care throughout most of the world. It then explores briefly the question of entitlement to health care, focusing on the ...

It says something instructive about America that Lou Rawls would doubtlessly score an order of magnitude higher on a ...