John Rawls’s A Theory of Justice is often treated as a fully formed philosophical monument, a sudden intervention that ...

Upon awarding him the National Humanities Medal in 1999, President Bill Clinton praised John Rawls as “perhaps the greatest political philosopher of the twentieth century” who “helped a whole ...

Theologians care about justice. So do philosophers. But they don’t talk to each other about it very much. Harvard professors Eric Nelson and Katrina Forrester offer pathways to bridge this gap—each in ...

David Hume was born three hundred years ago, in 1711. The world has changed radically since his time, and yet many of his ideas and admonitions remain deeply relevant, though rather neglected, in the ...

Suppose three children—Anne, Bob, and Carla—quarrel over a flute. Anne says it’s hers because she’s the only one who knows how to play it. Bob counters that he’s the poorest and has no toys, so the ...

Rawlsian social justice is the bedrock of contemporary liberalism. By David Edmonds From the trauma of the Second World War there emerged some important works in political theory, including Karl ...

The depth of the problem makes devising adequate solutions tricky, but if we succeed, we can make lasting progress in addressing both climate change and systemic inequality. Táíwò’s vision draws past ...

In December of 1944, on the Philippine island of Leyte, the soldiers of F Company of the 128th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Division, dug in. Stationed just outside the town of Limon, they were attempting ...

The book which gave birth to modern political philosophy? Anne McElvoy asks why John Rawls’s A Theory of Justice is still so influential, 50 years after it was first published. Show more In his 1971 ...