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Comment: ‘Veil of ignorance.
- UPSC 2010
- Justice
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The veil of ignorance is the informational constraint John Rawls imposes on the parties to the original position in A Theory of Justice (1971). It is not the contract but its filter: fairness in the outcome is produced by what the choosers are denied.
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