Critics of Rawls's A Theory Justice frequently envision his original position as containing a human consciousness. Thus, the re- strictions Rawls introduces for this ‘individual’—the lack particular circumstantial and personal information—is considered potential problem. The very ways in which circumscribes knowledge available is thought to compromise personhood individual there, hence well con...

This article explores Rawls's evolving orientation to “the tradition of political philosophy” over the course his academic career, culminating in Justice as Fairness: A Restatement (2001). Drawing on archival material, it argues that fascination with arose out own pedagogical engagement debate around “death 1950s. Throughout, I highlight significance teaching—beginning earliest lectures social ...

Using germ-free animals, Rawls et al. (2006) reveal that the gut of a given host can be colonized by the microbiota of another vertebrate. Remarkably, the recipient host then shapes the composition of the non-native microbiota to more closely resemble that of its native consortium.

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