Key Thinkers (summary)

• John Locke


  Key Ideas: Social contract theory, limited government

  Books: Two Treatises of Government (1689)

  Quotes: "No one ought to harm another in his life liberty or possessions"
• John Stuart Mill


  Key ideas: harm principle, tolerance

  Books: On Liberty (1859)
• John Rawls


  Key ideas: Theory of justice, veil of ignorance

  Books: A Theory of Justice (1971)

  Bridge between modern and classic
• Mary Wollstonecraft


  Key ideas: reason, formal equality

  Books: A vindication of the rights of women (1792)
• Betty Friedan


  Key ideas: legal equality, equal opportunity