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Desmond John Humphrys (born 17 August 1943) [1] is a Welsh broadcaster. [3] From 1981 to 1987 he was the main presenter of the Nine O'Clock News , the flagship BBC News television programme, [ 3 ] and from 1987 until 2019 he presented on the BBC Radio 4 breakfast programme Today . [ 4 ]
John Peters Humphrey OC OQ (April 30, 1905 – March 14, 1995) was a Canadian legal scholar, jurist, and human rights advocate. He is most famous as the principal author of the first draft of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights .
A Theory of Justice is a 1971 work of political philosophy and ethics by the philosopher John Rawls (1921–2002) in which the author attempts to provide a moral theory alternative to utilitarianism and that addresses the problem of distributive justice (the socially just distribution of goods in a society).
Michael Joseph Sandel [3] (/ s æ n ˈ d ɛ l /; born March 5, 1953) is an American political philosopher and the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University, where his course Justice was the university's first course to be made freely available online and on television.
John Bordley Rawls (/ r ɔː l z /; [2] February 21, 1921 – November 24, 2002) was an American moral, legal and political philosopher in the modern liberal tradition. [3] [4] Rawls has been described as one of the most influential political philosophers of the 20th century.
John Humphries is a journalist, author, and politician who was formerly editor of the Western Mail. He is the author of books on the Welsh Chartist Uprising , the rebel Caryl ap Rhys Pryce , and the violent campaign by 20th century Welsh nationalists.
Justice as Fairness: Political not Metaphysical" is an essay by John Rawls, published in 1985. [1] In it he describes his conception of justice. It comprises two main principles of liberty and equality; the second is subdivided into fair equality of opportunity and the difference principle .
Telos is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes articles on politics, philosophy, and critical theory, with a particular focus on contemporary political, social, and cultural issues.