John Rawls (1921-2002)

The Most Influential Scientists in the Development of Medical informatics (16): John Anderson (1921-2002)

From the History of Medical Informatics / ACTA INFORM MED. 2017 MAR; 25(1): 58-59 John Anderson, MD, MA BSc, MRCP, FRCP, was professor of medicine at King’s College Hospital Medical School. He was essentially an innovator and pioneered developments in metabolic medicine, medical education and medical computing (1-3). His background was in history, having obtained a BA with honours in modern his...

Rawls on Race/Race in Rawls

John Rawls’s A Theory of Justice (1971) is widely credited with having revived post–World War II Anglo American political philosophy. This book together with his later writings are routinely judged to constitute the most important body of work in that field. Indeed, with the collapse of Second World and Third World socialist ideologico-political alternatives, liberalism in one form or another h...

Revisiting Rawls

The present paper revisits the issue of rational decision making in John Rawls’ original position. Drawing on Isaac Levi’s theory of decision, I discuss how we can defend Rawls against John C. Harsanyi’s charge that maximin reasoning in the original position is irrational. The discussion suggests that systematic application of Levi’s theory is likely to have important consequences for ethics an...

Work ( s ) : Some Ordinalist - Utilitarian Notes on Rawls ' s Theory of Justice by John

Rawls and Kantian Constructivism