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...Rawls?? work, which inspired a rejuvenation of political philosophy in the post-World War II era at Harvard and across the English-speaking world, prompted us all to think more critically about our conception of fairness, equality, liberty and justice...
...Rawls?? contribution to his profession earned him mountains of praise: an honorary Doctorate of Laws from Harvard, a National Humanities Medal, professorships at presitigious universities across America, all beginning with a Fulbright Scholarship at Oxford. But more than any of the honors and esteem that Rawls earned, his lasting legacy will be immortalized in the students whose intellectual and moral lives he shaped with his teaching, mentoring and advising...
...Rawls?? magnum opus, A Theory of Justice, is regarded as a staple of undergraduate curriculums and is studied by economists, political scientists and legal academics alike...
...fitting tribute,” said Samuel R. Freeman, a professor of philosophy and law at the University of Pennsylvania who edited Rawls?? papers and is editing for publication his lectures on political philosophy...
Nozick turned to political philosophy for the first time in 1971, when he delivered several talks on the topic at Harvard as a guest lecturer. Shortly after giving the lectures, Nozick later recalled, Rawls?? Theory of Justice arrived in his mailbox, and soon after he prepared his own rejoinder—which culminated three years later in Anarchy, State, and Utopia...