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Information: John Rawls, 1921-2002. American liberal political thinker, best known for his 1971 work A Theory of Justice. His political philosophy was founded on the notion of an "original position" of equality.
Rawls, John Sites:
John Rawls John Rawls: Resource page including obituary, portrait and extensive links. (Rawls, John) http://www.policylibrary.com/rawls/
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Original Position Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Original Position: An concise look at the key idea of Rawls, by Fred D'Agostino. (Rawls, John) http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/original-position/
Toward a Post-Metaphysical Liberalism Toward a Post-Metaphysical Liberalism: Three critical reviews of Rawls' 1993 book, by Thomas Bridges. (Rawls, John) http://www.civsoc.com/reviews/
Objections to Rawls Objections to Rawls: A political critique of the "contractarian liberalism" of Rawls' theory of justice. (Rawls, John) http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Paul.Treanor/rawls.html
John Rawls Bibliography John Rawls Bibliography: A list of selected writings by Rawls, from the University of California Irvine. (Rawls, John) http://sun3.lib.uci.edu/~scctr/philosophy/rawls.html
Two Concepts of Rules Two Concepts of Rules: An excerpt from Rawls' 1955 paper, with study questions. (Rawls, John) http://ethics.sandiego.edu/Applied/DeathPenalty/Rawls.html
Rawls: The Original Position Rawls: The Original Position: A lecture by R.J. Kilcullen on this aspect of Rawlsian political thought. (Rawls, John) http://www.humanities.mq.edu.au/Ockham/y64l13.html
Justice, Justice Shalt Thou Pursue Justice, Justice Shalt Thou Pursue: A short intellectual biography by Thomas Nagel. (Rawls, John) http://www.thenewrepublic.com/archive/1099/102599/nagel102599.html
A Rawls Glossary A Rawls Glossary: Very concise definitions of key Rawlsian terms. (Rawls, John) http://eis.bris.ac.uk/~plcdib/rglos.html
Political Liberalism Political Liberalism: An account of the evolution of the Rawlsian conception of justice as fairness, from his 1971 "A Theory of Justice" through his 1993 "Political Liberalism." By Ted Vaggalis. (Rawls, John) http://caae.phil.cmu.edu/Cavalier/Forum/meta/background/Rawls_pl.html