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John Rawls, Theorist on Justice, Is Dead at 82. John Rawls, the American political theorist whose work gave new meaning and resonance to the concepts of justice and liberalism, died on Sunday at his home in Lexington, Mass. He was 82. The cause was heart failure, his wife, Margaret, said.
John Rawls. John Bordley Rawls (21 February 1921 â 24 November 2002) was an American philosopher,and a leading figure in moral and political philosophy. He held the James Bryant Conant University Professorship at Harvard University and the Fulbright Fellowship at Christ Church.