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Harvard Square is occupied by four banks, a high-end watch retailer, and a few other stores capable of paying the astronomical rent that the location demands. Professors and students sit in genteel cafés, gesturing animatedly while discussing the merits of Rawls?? “Theory of Justice” or the latest breakthrough in quantum mechanics. Tourists wander the Square’s brick-paved sidewalks, catching glimpses of Harvard proper over the tall wrought iron fence. But the area has little local flavor of its own, resembling an upscale mall more than it does...
...John Rawls?? concept of the “veil of ignorance” gives us a powerful moral lens through which we can assess the treatment of society’s most disadvantaged people. His framework asks us to understand that anyone could have been born into an unhappy and unhealthy childhood, and that as a result, all members of society must do what they can to promote government programs—paid for by progressive taxation—to ensure that every American child has a chance in life...
Since its founding in 1913, the press has published countless award winners, including classics like John Rawls?? A Theory of Justice, and its choices can set trends in the publishing industry—like the move to semi-commercial publishing itself...
...central theme of Rawls?? life was not forgotten as the guests discussed his life—and philosophy—over drinks and hors d’oeuvres at the Loeb House reception after the service...
John Cooper, a professor of ancient philosophy at Princeton and Rawls?? former student and colleague at Harvard, said he remembered Rawls as being the sole calm professor when students stormed university buildings during the tumultuous period of protest of the late 1960s...