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Rawls' Theory of Justice

In Our Time: Philosophy

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Do We Take Off the Veil of Ignorance?

John Rawls thought about justice in a four-stage sequence. The first stage is what would a just society even look like? That deliberation happens behind the veil of ignorance. But when we then try to make it more concrete and work out principles that can be implemented, this veil is gradually lifted. In the end, at the stage of making laws, all information is available but the thought is still the deliberation about what should our laws be like. It's constrained by an idea of justice reached in a deliberative process where we're less influenced by our biases or thinking about our advantages.

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