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John Rawls: Justice as Fairness | Paul Weithman

Brain in a Vat

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Why Aren't They Counting Cards and Calculating Probabilities?

If I was in this position, I imagine the set of properties that I have as being like a deck of cards. So you're trying to make a decision, and you ask which principle should I pick? We'd have to know what religious groups are in a society. And so there's no basis for calculating probabilities in the original position.

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