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Somebody needs to add info on Political Liberalism. Hermeneus 22:41 Feb 26, 2003 (UTC)

Inserted exact birth and death dates, added links to Robert Nozick and Isaiah Berlin (who definitely needs an article). The earlier version contained a rather confusing paragraph whose meaning I believe to be captured by the new text except in so far as it describes generic liberal ideas that are more naturally associated with John Locke, James Madison and John Stuart Mill. -- Alan Peakall 14:40 Nov 28, 2002 (UTC)

Didn't Nozick later repudiate his own libertarian/monetarist views in favor of a liberal Rawlsian conception?

Weren't they both like, huge feygalas?

Why is Peter Singer listed in the "See Also" section? Kant, Habermas, Nozick -- these I could easily understand, but Singer? Makes no sense to me. 21 Oct 2005

I think the 'see also' reference to Singer is there so the reader can contrast Singers Utilitarian stance with Rawls anti Utilitarian thesis. 15 Aug 2006

[edit] Liberalism

Since Rawls is THE dominate figure in 20th century liberalism, it seems to make sense to have the liberalism box there, no? Vincent Vecera 18:57, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Does the box help the reader to navigate RAWLS'S contributions to liberalism? I think not... Why not create a Rawls specific template? (like at Steven Pinker or Richard Dawkins). In fact, I think I might just do that! Mikkerpikker ... 09:39, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

I've gone ahead & created a Rawls specific template Template:Rawls & I've added them the the relevant articles. Mikkerpikker ... 12:58, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Abraham Lincoln as an influence?

Is this really accurate? I've never heard of it before. The link with Kant is accurage but not sure about Lincoln, he wasn't really a philosopher (from what I know about him, which to be fair isn't much).Cxk271 15:50, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Date

Does anyone know the publication date for Political Liberalism? The article doesn't include one.

[edit] John Rawls' photo

Please, could someone upload John Rawls' photo to the Commons? I'm from the Galician Wikipedia, and I could't find any image of him at Commons. Thanks. Gallaecio —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.60.149.234 (talk) 18:34, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Minor additions and modifications

I've made some minor changes and additions here, but mistakenly did them before I was logged in. My additions were mostly editorial, and adding some substance to the section on Theory of Justice

[edit] The content looks okay, but grammar and style could be improved

Apologies for giving an opinion when none was asked for. I'm consulting this article for information, and find it useful (I have to translate a short text about Rawls). I won't edit it myself because I'm not familiar with the subject matter. But I thought I'd point out that stylistically and grammatically the article's text does have a few defects that I would hope someone who knows how to write could come in and fix. Sorry if that sounds like a negative remark, but I wouldn't have bothered making it unless I had thought the content good enough to make such a clean-up worthwhile, so please take it constructively! Alan --A R King (talk) 10:31, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What was Rawls' personal attitude towards religion and Free Will?

The Standford Ency. of Phil. merely notes that he lost his Christian faith as he witnessed the horrors of WW2. But did he remain a theist (or any other form of that) or become an atheist resp. if he was an agnostic, which position did he lean towards? More importantly, was he a dualist or monist concerning the relationship between mind and matter? It is important to know the development of his views, especially which positions he took while writing his works. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.11.245.180 (talk) 01:30, 22 May 2008 (UTC)