Friday 28 January 2022

John Rawls free online materials

I have organized a Day School event on the 12 February 2022 to (belatedly) mark the centenary of the birth of John Rawls (1921-2002). 

Rawls was a liberal egalitarian political philosopher whose writings spanned the 1950s to the early 2000s. Rawls' works aren't available for free as far as I'm aware (at least not legally). These are:

  • A Theory of Justice. (1971. The 1999 revised edition incorporates revisions made in the mid-70s).
  • Political Liberalism. (1993)
  • The Law of Peoples: with "The Idea of Public Reason Revisited." (1999) 
  • Justice as Fairness: A Restatement. (2002) (An updated restatement of his earlier work on justice)
  • I thought it would be useful to provide some links to good quality audio/audio-visual materials explaining and discussion Rawls' work. 

    Online videos:

    Then and Now "Introduction to Rawls: A Theory of Justice" (2020)

    Michael Sandel’s Justice Course Lecture 14: A Deal Is A Deal (2009) (You Tube direct link). Lecture 15: What’s A Fair Start? – Harvard Justice (2009) (You Tube link)

    "Glenn Loury & Josh Cohen - John Rawls at 100The Glenn Show (2021)

    "John Rawls, Global Justice and Health EquityThomas Pogge (2021, particularly
    minutes 4:30-16:30)

    Moral Foundations of Politics Course "Lecture 16. The Rawlsian Social Contract" Yale University (2011) 

    Bryan Magee Interview with Ronald Dworkin “Rawls vs Nozick” (1978)

    Podcasts:

    Philosophy Bites episode: Jo Wolff on Rawls (Also copied into a You Tube video)

    Talking Politics: History of ideasRawls on Justice” (2020)

    (Most political philosophy podcasts will have an episode on Rawls’ theory of justice)

    Charles Larmore Lecture "The Permanent Achievement of ‘A Theory of Justice’" University of Virginia Law School Podcast (2021)

    Some of the videos above will be available via your podcast app, and some of the podcasts below may have been turned into (static image) You Tube videos as well, so the line between the two is somewhat blurred. 

    Have I missed any good ones?

    If you have any further suggestions do add these below!

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