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...HUPD officers arrested 59-year-old Daniel Morley, of Lexington, Mass., for suspicious behavior and an outstanding warrant in Gund Hall...
DIED. JOHN RAWLS, 81, gentle giant of liberalism, who changed the study of political philosophy from one of logic and science to one concerned primarily with social and moral justice; in Lexington, Mass. The longtime Harvard professor's 1971 book, A Theory of Justice, revived the idea--promoted by Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau but abandoned for much of the 20th century--of the social contract: the idea that society should be built on a mutually beneficial agreement among its members. His views on ethics and the rights of individuals have influenced the debate on affirmative action, welfare and assisted suicide...
...DIED. JOHN RAWLS, 82, influential American thinker and Harvard University professor best known for his groundbreaking 1971 book A Theory of Justice; in Lexington, Massachusetts. The book provided fresh insights into the concepts of justice and equality at a time when the morality of the Vietnam War was being hotly debated in the U.S. Some critics regard Rawls as the best writer on the subject since German philosopher Immanuel Kant two centuries before...
Harvard, and the academy, lost one of its most thoughtful, reasoned and eloquent members last week when Conant Professor Emeritus John Rawls passed away in his Lexington home...
...memorial service is planned for family and friends for next Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. at the First Unitarian Church in Lexington. A memorial service at Harvard will be planned sometime in the future...