Rawlsian veil of ignorance
designing rules without knowing your place in society
Rawlsian veil of ignorance in a sentence
“Behind a veil of ignorance, would you choose this policy?”
Origin of Rawlsian veil of ignorance
John Rawls' thought experiment in A Theory of Justice
Related Words
Socratic irony
feigning ignorance to expose others' lack of knowledge
Platonic ideal
a perfect abstract form of which reality is an imperfect copy
Cartesian doubt
systematic skepticism to find certain knowledge
Occam's razor
the simplest explanation is usually correct
categorical imperative
act only according to rules you could will as universal law
Nietzschean will to power
the drive to assert and enhance oneself