Books
The Liberal Theory of Justice
– Brian Barry, The Liberal Theory of Justice (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1972).Justice or Tyranny?: A Critique of John Rawls’s ‘A Theory of Justice’
– David Schaefer, Justice or Tyranny?: A Critique of John Rawls’s ‘A Theory of Justice' (Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, 1979).Rawls and Rights
– Rex Martin, Rawls and Rights, (Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press, 1985).Cross-Purposes: The Liberal-Communitarian Debate
– Charles Taylor, “Cross-Purposes: The Liberal-Communitarian Debate,” in Liberalism and the Moral Life, ed., Nancy Rosenblum (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1989).Political Liberalisms
– Bruce Ackerman, “Political Liberalisms,” The Journal of Philosophy 91 (7) (July 1994).John Rawls, Political Liberalism
– Russell Hittinger, “John Rawls, Political Liberalism,” Review of Metaphysics 47 (1994).Political Liberalism
– Michael Sandel, “Political Liberalism,” Harvard Law Review 107 (1994).The Liberal/Democratic Divide: On Rawls’s Political Liberalism
– Sheldon Wolin, “The Liberal/Democratic Divide: On Rawls’s Political Liberalism,” Political Theory 24 (1) (1996).The Idea of a Political Liberalism: Essays on Rawls
– Victoria Davion and Clark Wolf, eds., The Idea of a Political Liberalism: Essays on Rawls (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 1999).From the publisher: “In this unique volume, some of today’s most eminent political philosophers examine the thought of John Rawls, focusing in particular on his most recent… More
Rawls and Religion: The Case for Political Liberalism
– Daniel Dombrowski, Rawls and Religion: The Case for Political Liberalism (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2001).John Rawls and the Liberal Faith
– Peter Berkowitz, "John Rawls and the Liberal Faith," Wilson Quarterly, Spring 2002.John Rawls, Historian
– Michael Zuckert, "John Rawls, Historian," Claremont Review of Books, Summer, 2002.Bringing Logic to Bear on Liberal Dogma
– Michael M. Weinstein,“Bringing Logic to Bear on Liberal Dogma,” New York Times, December 1, 2002.Excerpt: THE most influential political philosopher of his generation died last week. But Prof. John Rawls of Harvard, who was 82, was decidedly not a man of the current era. At least not… More
The Academic Liberal
– Peter Berkowitz, "The Academic Liberal," The Weekly Standard, December 16, 2002.Excerpt: The influence of Rawls’s work has been massive. One quickly saw professors doing nothing but elaborating or applying ideas from Rawls’s theory. And those who did not… More
Nozick and Rawls
– David Lewis Schaefer, "Robert Nozick and the Coast of Utopia," New York Sun, April 30, 2008.In 1971, a previously obscure Harvard philosophy professor, John Rawls, published a book that ultimately brought him acclaim as “America’s greatest political philosopher.”… More
Rawls’ Utopianism
– William Galston, "Rawls' Utopianism," New Republic, April 7, 2009.It had been known for some time that during his last two undergraduate years at Princeton, John Rawls had immersed himself in Christian theology and considered studying for the Episcopal… More
Mark Blitz on Contemporary Liberalism vs. Natural Rights Liberalism
– "Mark Blitz on The American Mind" hosted by Charles Kesler, May, 2014.On this episode of the “American Mind,” Mark Blitz compares contemporary liberalism (perhaps best articulated in the thought of John Rawls) and the natural rights liberalism of… More
Thomas Picketty and Rawls
– Cass Sunstein, "Why Worry About Inequality?" Bloomberg View, May 13, 2014.What, exactly, is wrong with economic inequality? Thomas Piketty’s improbable best-seller, “Capital in the Twenty-First Century,” has put that question in sharp relief. As just about… More
Essays
The Liberal Theory of Justice
– Brian Barry, The Liberal Theory of Justice (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1972).Justice or Tyranny?: A Critique of John Rawls’s ‘A Theory of Justice’
– David Schaefer, Justice or Tyranny?: A Critique of John Rawls’s ‘A Theory of Justice' (Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, 1979).Rawls and Rights
– Rex Martin, Rawls and Rights, (Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press, 1985).Cross-Purposes: The Liberal-Communitarian Debate
– Charles Taylor, “Cross-Purposes: The Liberal-Communitarian Debate,” in Liberalism and the Moral Life, ed., Nancy Rosenblum (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1989).Political Liberalisms
– Bruce Ackerman, “Political Liberalisms,” The Journal of Philosophy 91 (7) (July 1994).John Rawls, Political Liberalism
– Russell Hittinger, “John Rawls, Political Liberalism,” Review of Metaphysics 47 (1994).Political Liberalism
– Michael Sandel, “Political Liberalism,” Harvard Law Review 107 (1994).The Liberal/Democratic Divide: On Rawls’s Political Liberalism
– Sheldon Wolin, “The Liberal/Democratic Divide: On Rawls’s Political Liberalism,” Political Theory 24 (1) (1996).The Idea of a Political Liberalism: Essays on Rawls
– Victoria Davion and Clark Wolf, eds., The Idea of a Political Liberalism: Essays on Rawls (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 1999).From the publisher: “In this unique volume, some of today’s most eminent political philosophers examine the thought of John Rawls, focusing in particular on his most recent… More
Rawls and Religion: The Case for Political Liberalism
– Daniel Dombrowski, Rawls and Religion: The Case for Political Liberalism (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2001).John Rawls and the Liberal Faith
– Peter Berkowitz, "John Rawls and the Liberal Faith," Wilson Quarterly, Spring 2002.John Rawls, Historian
– Michael Zuckert, "John Rawls, Historian," Claremont Review of Books, Summer, 2002.Bringing Logic to Bear on Liberal Dogma
– Michael M. Weinstein,“Bringing Logic to Bear on Liberal Dogma,” New York Times, December 1, 2002.Excerpt: THE most influential political philosopher of his generation died last week. But Prof. John Rawls of Harvard, who was 82, was decidedly not a man of the current era. At least not… More
The Academic Liberal
– Peter Berkowitz, "The Academic Liberal," The Weekly Standard, December 16, 2002.Excerpt: The influence of Rawls’s work has been massive. One quickly saw professors doing nothing but elaborating or applying ideas from Rawls’s theory. And those who did not… More
Nozick and Rawls
– David Lewis Schaefer, "Robert Nozick and the Coast of Utopia," New York Sun, April 30, 2008.In 1971, a previously obscure Harvard philosophy professor, John Rawls, published a book that ultimately brought him acclaim as “America’s greatest political philosopher.”… More
Rawls’ Utopianism
– William Galston, "Rawls' Utopianism," New Republic, April 7, 2009.It had been known for some time that during his last two undergraduate years at Princeton, John Rawls had immersed himself in Christian theology and considered studying for the Episcopal… More
Mark Blitz on Contemporary Liberalism vs. Natural Rights Liberalism
– "Mark Blitz on The American Mind" hosted by Charles Kesler, May, 2014.On this episode of the “American Mind,” Mark Blitz compares contemporary liberalism (perhaps best articulated in the thought of John Rawls) and the natural rights liberalism of… More
Thomas Picketty and Rawls
– Cass Sunstein, "Why Worry About Inequality?" Bloomberg View, May 13, 2014.What, exactly, is wrong with economic inequality? Thomas Piketty’s improbable best-seller, “Capital in the Twenty-First Century,” has put that question in sharp relief. As just about… More
Commentary
The Liberal Theory of Justice
– Brian Barry, The Liberal Theory of Justice (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1972).Justice or Tyranny?: A Critique of John Rawls’s ‘A Theory of Justice’
– David Schaefer, Justice or Tyranny?: A Critique of John Rawls’s ‘A Theory of Justice' (Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, 1979).Rawls and Rights
– Rex Martin, Rawls and Rights, (Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press, 1985).Cross-Purposes: The Liberal-Communitarian Debate
– Charles Taylor, “Cross-Purposes: The Liberal-Communitarian Debate,” in Liberalism and the Moral Life, ed., Nancy Rosenblum (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1989).Political Liberalisms
– Bruce Ackerman, “Political Liberalisms,” The Journal of Philosophy 91 (7) (July 1994).John Rawls, Political Liberalism
– Russell Hittinger, “John Rawls, Political Liberalism,” Review of Metaphysics 47 (1994).Political Liberalism
– Michael Sandel, “Political Liberalism,” Harvard Law Review 107 (1994).The Liberal/Democratic Divide: On Rawls’s Political Liberalism
– Sheldon Wolin, “The Liberal/Democratic Divide: On Rawls’s Political Liberalism,” Political Theory 24 (1) (1996).The Idea of a Political Liberalism: Essays on Rawls
– Victoria Davion and Clark Wolf, eds., The Idea of a Political Liberalism: Essays on Rawls (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 1999).From the publisher: “In this unique volume, some of today’s most eminent political philosophers examine the thought of John Rawls, focusing in particular on his most recent… More
Rawls and Religion: The Case for Political Liberalism
– Daniel Dombrowski, Rawls and Religion: The Case for Political Liberalism (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2001).John Rawls and the Liberal Faith
– Peter Berkowitz, "John Rawls and the Liberal Faith," Wilson Quarterly, Spring 2002.John Rawls, Historian
– Michael Zuckert, "John Rawls, Historian," Claremont Review of Books, Summer, 2002.Bringing Logic to Bear on Liberal Dogma
– Michael M. Weinstein,“Bringing Logic to Bear on Liberal Dogma,” New York Times, December 1, 2002.Excerpt: THE most influential political philosopher of his generation died last week. But Prof. John Rawls of Harvard, who was 82, was decidedly not a man of the current era. At least not… More
The Academic Liberal
– Peter Berkowitz, "The Academic Liberal," The Weekly Standard, December 16, 2002.Excerpt: The influence of Rawls’s work has been massive. One quickly saw professors doing nothing but elaborating or applying ideas from Rawls’s theory. And those who did not… More
Nozick and Rawls
– David Lewis Schaefer, "Robert Nozick and the Coast of Utopia," New York Sun, April 30, 2008.In 1971, a previously obscure Harvard philosophy professor, John Rawls, published a book that ultimately brought him acclaim as “America’s greatest political philosopher.”… More
Rawls’ Utopianism
– William Galston, "Rawls' Utopianism," New Republic, April 7, 2009.It had been known for some time that during his last two undergraduate years at Princeton, John Rawls had immersed himself in Christian theology and considered studying for the Episcopal… More
Mark Blitz on Contemporary Liberalism vs. Natural Rights Liberalism
– "Mark Blitz on The American Mind" hosted by Charles Kesler, May, 2014.On this episode of the “American Mind,” Mark Blitz compares contemporary liberalism (perhaps best articulated in the thought of John Rawls) and the natural rights liberalism of… More
Thomas Picketty and Rawls
– Cass Sunstein, "Why Worry About Inequality?" Bloomberg View, May 13, 2014.What, exactly, is wrong with economic inequality? Thomas Piketty’s improbable best-seller, “Capital in the Twenty-First Century,” has put that question in sharp relief. As just about… More
Multimedia
The Liberal Theory of Justice
– Brian Barry, The Liberal Theory of Justice (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1972).Justice or Tyranny?: A Critique of John Rawls’s ‘A Theory of Justice’
– David Schaefer, Justice or Tyranny?: A Critique of John Rawls’s ‘A Theory of Justice' (Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, 1979).Rawls and Rights
– Rex Martin, Rawls and Rights, (Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press, 1985).Cross-Purposes: The Liberal-Communitarian Debate
– Charles Taylor, “Cross-Purposes: The Liberal-Communitarian Debate,” in Liberalism and the Moral Life, ed., Nancy Rosenblum (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1989).Political Liberalisms
– Bruce Ackerman, “Political Liberalisms,” The Journal of Philosophy 91 (7) (July 1994).John Rawls, Political Liberalism
– Russell Hittinger, “John Rawls, Political Liberalism,” Review of Metaphysics 47 (1994).Political Liberalism
– Michael Sandel, “Political Liberalism,” Harvard Law Review 107 (1994).The Liberal/Democratic Divide: On Rawls’s Political Liberalism
– Sheldon Wolin, “The Liberal/Democratic Divide: On Rawls’s Political Liberalism,” Political Theory 24 (1) (1996).The Idea of a Political Liberalism: Essays on Rawls
– Victoria Davion and Clark Wolf, eds., The Idea of a Political Liberalism: Essays on Rawls (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 1999).From the publisher: “In this unique volume, some of today’s most eminent political philosophers examine the thought of John Rawls, focusing in particular on his most recent… More
Rawls and Religion: The Case for Political Liberalism
– Daniel Dombrowski, Rawls and Religion: The Case for Political Liberalism (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2001).John Rawls and the Liberal Faith
– Peter Berkowitz, "John Rawls and the Liberal Faith," Wilson Quarterly, Spring 2002.John Rawls, Historian
– Michael Zuckert, "John Rawls, Historian," Claremont Review of Books, Summer, 2002.Bringing Logic to Bear on Liberal Dogma
– Michael M. Weinstein,“Bringing Logic to Bear on Liberal Dogma,” New York Times, December 1, 2002.Excerpt: THE most influential political philosopher of his generation died last week. But Prof. John Rawls of Harvard, who was 82, was decidedly not a man of the current era. At least not… More
The Academic Liberal
– Peter Berkowitz, "The Academic Liberal," The Weekly Standard, December 16, 2002.Excerpt: The influence of Rawls’s work has been massive. One quickly saw professors doing nothing but elaborating or applying ideas from Rawls’s theory. And those who did not… More
Nozick and Rawls
– David Lewis Schaefer, "Robert Nozick and the Coast of Utopia," New York Sun, April 30, 2008.In 1971, a previously obscure Harvard philosophy professor, John Rawls, published a book that ultimately brought him acclaim as “America’s greatest political philosopher.”… More
Rawls’ Utopianism
– William Galston, "Rawls' Utopianism," New Republic, April 7, 2009.It had been known for some time that during his last two undergraduate years at Princeton, John Rawls had immersed himself in Christian theology and considered studying for the Episcopal… More
Mark Blitz on Contemporary Liberalism vs. Natural Rights Liberalism
– "Mark Blitz on The American Mind" hosted by Charles Kesler, May, 2014.On this episode of the “American Mind,” Mark Blitz compares contemporary liberalism (perhaps best articulated in the thought of John Rawls) and the natural rights liberalism of… More
Thomas Picketty and Rawls
– Cass Sunstein, "Why Worry About Inequality?" Bloomberg View, May 13, 2014.What, exactly, is wrong with economic inequality? Thomas Piketty’s improbable best-seller, “Capital in the Twenty-First Century,” has put that question in sharp relief. As just about… More
Teaching
The Liberal Theory of Justice
– Brian Barry, The Liberal Theory of Justice (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1972).Justice or Tyranny?: A Critique of John Rawls’s ‘A Theory of Justice’
– David Schaefer, Justice or Tyranny?: A Critique of John Rawls’s ‘A Theory of Justice' (Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, 1979).Rawls and Rights
– Rex Martin, Rawls and Rights, (Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press, 1985).Cross-Purposes: The Liberal-Communitarian Debate
– Charles Taylor, “Cross-Purposes: The Liberal-Communitarian Debate,” in Liberalism and the Moral Life, ed., Nancy Rosenblum (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1989).Political Liberalisms
– Bruce Ackerman, “Political Liberalisms,” The Journal of Philosophy 91 (7) (July 1994).John Rawls, Political Liberalism
– Russell Hittinger, “John Rawls, Political Liberalism,” Review of Metaphysics 47 (1994).Political Liberalism
– Michael Sandel, “Political Liberalism,” Harvard Law Review 107 (1994).The Liberal/Democratic Divide: On Rawls’s Political Liberalism
– Sheldon Wolin, “The Liberal/Democratic Divide: On Rawls’s Political Liberalism,” Political Theory 24 (1) (1996).The Idea of a Political Liberalism: Essays on Rawls
– Victoria Davion and Clark Wolf, eds., The Idea of a Political Liberalism: Essays on Rawls (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 1999).From the publisher: “In this unique volume, some of today’s most eminent political philosophers examine the thought of John Rawls, focusing in particular on his most recent… More
Rawls and Religion: The Case for Political Liberalism
– Daniel Dombrowski, Rawls and Religion: The Case for Political Liberalism (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2001).John Rawls and the Liberal Faith
– Peter Berkowitz, "John Rawls and the Liberal Faith," Wilson Quarterly, Spring 2002.John Rawls, Historian
– Michael Zuckert, "John Rawls, Historian," Claremont Review of Books, Summer, 2002.Bringing Logic to Bear on Liberal Dogma
– Michael M. Weinstein,“Bringing Logic to Bear on Liberal Dogma,” New York Times, December 1, 2002.Excerpt: THE most influential political philosopher of his generation died last week. But Prof. John Rawls of Harvard, who was 82, was decidedly not a man of the current era. At least not… More
The Academic Liberal
– Peter Berkowitz, "The Academic Liberal," The Weekly Standard, December 16, 2002.Excerpt: The influence of Rawls’s work has been massive. One quickly saw professors doing nothing but elaborating or applying ideas from Rawls’s theory. And those who did not… More
Nozick and Rawls
– David Lewis Schaefer, "Robert Nozick and the Coast of Utopia," New York Sun, April 30, 2008.In 1971, a previously obscure Harvard philosophy professor, John Rawls, published a book that ultimately brought him acclaim as “America’s greatest political philosopher.”… More
Rawls’ Utopianism
– William Galston, "Rawls' Utopianism," New Republic, April 7, 2009.It had been known for some time that during his last two undergraduate years at Princeton, John Rawls had immersed himself in Christian theology and considered studying for the Episcopal… More
Mark Blitz on Contemporary Liberalism vs. Natural Rights Liberalism
– "Mark Blitz on The American Mind" hosted by Charles Kesler, May, 2014.On this episode of the “American Mind,” Mark Blitz compares contemporary liberalism (perhaps best articulated in the thought of John Rawls) and the natural rights liberalism of… More
Thomas Picketty and Rawls
– Cass Sunstein, "Why Worry About Inequality?" Bloomberg View, May 13, 2014.What, exactly, is wrong with economic inequality? Thomas Piketty’s improbable best-seller, “Capital in the Twenty-First Century,” has put that question in sharp relief. As just about… More