Philosophy / Unit 8 Philosophy 0337 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Veil of Ignorance
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The idea
Rawls's veil of ignorance: choose society's rules without knowing your place in it—class, talents, health, or generation. Fair rules are what you would pick blind.
In practice
Slicing the cake without knowing which piece is yours: suddenly the cutter cares about the smallest slice.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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