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Brian Duignan
Brian Duignan is a senior editor at Encyclopædia Britannica. His subject areas include philosophy, law, social science, politics, political theory, and religion.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: Libertarianism.org - Rawls, John (1921-2002). | Nov 01, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Enhancing John Rawls's Theory of Justice to Cover Health and Social Determinants of Health. | Oct 26, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Workforce LibreTexts - Rawls Theory of Justice. | Apr 10, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Feb 17, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Heritage Foundation - John Rawls: Theorist of Modern Liberalism. | Jan 17, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Teach Democracy - The Whiskey Rebellion and the New American Republic (PDF). | Nov 20, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Nov 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Enhancing John Rawls's Theory of Justice to Cover Health and Social Determinants of Health. | Sep 13, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Open Okstate -John Rawls and the Veil of Ignorance. | Jul 05, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Penn Carey Law Legal Scholarship Repository - John Rawls: A Theory of Justice. | Jan 04, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Notre Dame - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews - John Rawls: His Life and Theory of Justice. | Oct 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - John Rawls: An Introduction. | Jul 17, 2024 | ||
| Fixed display issue. | Apr 30, 2024 | ||
| Removed bad cross-reference, enhanced caption. | Apr 29, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Libertarianism.org - Rawls, John (1921-2002). | Apr 23, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Philosophers - John Rawls. | Jan 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Columbia University in the City of New York - Columbia College - Biography of John Rawls. | Aug 04, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The National Endowment for the Humanities - Biography of John Rawls. | Jun 09, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Contemporary Thinkers - John Rawls. | Apr 12, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Teach Democracy - The Whiskey Rebellion and the New American Republic (PDF). | Feb 10, 2023 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Apr 06, 2020 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Apr 01, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Biography of John Rawls. | Aug 07, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - John Rawls. | Mar 13, 2014 | ||
| Added author signature to article. | Mar 17, 2010 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Sep 06, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Original Position. | Oct 31, 2006 | ||
| New article added. | Mar 10, 2005 |
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