John Rawls
Impact in
- Philosophy top 0.01%
- Philosophical Ethics and Theory
- War, Ethics, and Justification
- Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
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- Political Philosophy and Ethics
Papers in
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- Political Philosophy and Ethics 10
- Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies 10
- Political Theory and Democracy 3
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- Human Rights and Immigration 3
- Critical Theory and Philosophy 3
- Co-authors
- Erin I. Kelly (1 shared paper)Thaddeus Metz (1 shared paper)R. M. Hare (2 shared papers)Stephen Darwall (1 shared paper)Stephen Toulmin (1 shared paper)Cathérine Audard (3 shared papers)Philippe Van Parijs (2 shared papers)Raymond Klibansky (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- The Journal of Philosophy (11 papers)The Philosophical Review (8 papers)The Philosophical Quarterly (3 papers)Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews (1 paper)California Law Review (1 paper)
- Partner nations
- United StatesGermanyCosta Rica
In The Last Decade
John Rawls
71 papers receiving 11.3k citations
John Rawls's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 171
- Philosophy 3.6k
- Political Science and International Relations 7.1k
- Law 1.4k
- Sociology and Political Science 6.1k
- General Decision Sciences 182
Countries citing papers authored by John Rawls
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Fields of papers citing papers by John Rawls
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Co-authors
The 24 scholars most cited alongside John Rawls, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 77 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
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| 1 | Justice as Fairness: A Restatement Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 1999 |
| 2 | The Law of Peoples Hit paper breakdown → | 1999 | 1550 |
| 3 | Two Concepts of Rules Hit paper breakdown → | 1955 | 1001 |
| 4 | A Theory of Justice: Revised Edition Hit paper breakdown → | 1971 | 929 |
| 5 | Kantian Constructivism in Moral Theory Hit paper breakdown → | 1980 | 916 |
| 6 | Justice as Fairness: Political Not Metaphysical Hit paper breakdown → | 1991 | 884 |
| 7 | New York University Law Review Hit paper breakdown → | 2017 | 861 |
| 8 | The University of Chicago Law Review Hit paper breakdown → | 2017 | 843 |
| 9 | A Theory of Justice Hit paper breakdown → | 1999 | 745 |
| 10 | Justice as Fairness Hit paper breakdown → | 1958 | 703 |
| 11 | The Idea Of An Overlapping Consensus Hit paper breakdown → | 1987 | 546 |
| 12 | Outline of a Decision Procedure for Ethics Hit paper breakdown → | 1951 | 452 |
| 13 | 1982 | 378 | |
| 14 | Some Ordinalist-Utilitarian Notes on Rawls's Theory of Justice Hit paper breakdown → | 1973 | 356 |
| 15 | 1974 | 246 | |
| 16 | Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy Hit paper breakdown → | 2007 | 235 |
| 17 | 1980 | 232 | |
| 18 | 1995 | 185 | |
| 19 | 2002 | 185 | |
| 20 | 1995 | 166 |
About John Rawls
John Rawls is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, Philosophy, Law and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, having authored 77 papers that have together received 15.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Political Philosophy and Ethics (10 papers), Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies (10 papers), Ethics and bioethics in healthcare (4 papers), Philosophical Ethics and Theory (3 papers), Human Rights and Immigration (3 papers), Critical Theory and Philosophy (3 papers), Political Theory and Democracy (3 papers) and Brazilian Legal Issues (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Philosophy (3.6k citations), Political Science and International Relations (7.1k citations), Law (1.4k citations), Sociology and Political Science (6.1k citations) and General Decision Sciences (182 citations). John Rawls has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Costa Rica. Frequent co-authors include Erin I. Kelly, Thaddeus Metz, R. M. Hare, Stephen Darwall, Stephen Toulmin, Cathérine Audard, Philippe Van Parijs, Raymond Klibansky, M. Victoria Camps Cervera and Joël Feinberg. Their work appears in journals such as The Journal of Philosophy, The Philosophical Review, The Philosophical Quarterly, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and California Law Review.
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