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4 figures
John Rawls
1921 – 2002A Theory of Justice: fairness derived from behind the veil of ignorance.
United States·Philosophy · Law
Martin Luther King Jr.
1929 – 1968Letter from Birmingham Jail and a movement that rewrote American law.
United States·Peace · Philosophy · LiteratureNobel
Martha Nussbaum
b. 1947Capabilities approach to justice, and a defence of emotion in public reason.
United States·Philosophy · Human Rights
David Frawley
b. 1950Vedic scholar whose texts linked Ayurveda, yoga and jyotish for Western students.
United States·Ayurveda · Philosophy