Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election may very well mean an end to democracy in the near future ...
Political philosophy is a branch of philosophy that explores specific topics such as theories of governance, rights, justice, ...
Join the Department of Philosophy for its annual Lynne and James Spellman Lecture in the History of Philosophy, featuring professor Barbara Herman of UCLA at 3 p.m. Friday in the Graduate Education ...
The political theorist Anthony de Jasay takes on the left‘s ideas of equality, and David Gordon is there to agree—and disagree. Jasay likens the left‘s view of ...
Liberalism is at a turning point. The rise of the far right in Western democracies has challenged liberal values and ...
As a champion of institutional, structural, and personal transformation, the John Jay College Institute for Justice and Opportunity (the Institute) opens doors and eliminates barriers to success for ...
At its most worthy, the blindfold was a cue for the “veil of ignorance" in John Rawls’ theory of justice that proposes justice as fairness. If people in an “original position" set out to ...
The Supreme Court has unveiled a new statue of “Lady Justice”, reimagining the image — typically a blindfolded woman holding a set of scales in one hand and a sword in the other — that is synonymous ...
Founding Father John Jay, a towering figure among the intellectual giants who forged the nation, was sworn in as first chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States on this day in ...
The Enlightenment Era: The blindfold took on its modern symbolism during the Enlightenment in the 17th and 18th centuries. Thinkers like John Locke, Voltaire, and Montesquieu argued that justice ...
Justice Sanjiv Khanna will be the 51st Chief Justice of India, He will have a tenure of 6 months as CJI before retiring on May 13, 2025. Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud has named Justice ...
Instead, it centres on the question — who foots the bill for justice? In this context, the idea of Third-Party Litigation Funding (TPLF) has quickly emerged as a game-changer, potentially ...