Thomas Pogge on Studying Under John Rawls

Last updated on: May 5, 2013 at 10:37 am by Chris Henrichsen

Thomas Pogge on Studying Under John Rawls 2013-05-05T10:37:50-07:00 Chris Henrichsen

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John Rawls is my hero, but I never met him. So, I love hearing personal experiences like that of Thomas Pogge. And to think…I have been accused of hero worship. 🙂

Source: The Carnegie Council’s Ethics Matters Series.

I tend to side more with Pogge on the idea of global justice than I do Rawls. However, as Pogge mentions, many ideas about global justice, including the amazing work of Pogge himself, have been directly influenced by the Rawlsian concept of justice.

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