Is the Veil of Ignorance Transparent?

Theories of justice in the spirit of Rawls and Harsanyi argue that fair-minded people should aspire to make choices for society as if in the original position, that is, behind a veil of ignorance that prevents them from knowing their own social positions. In this paper, we provide a fairly simple fr...

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Main Authors: Gaël Giraud, Cécile Renouard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Œconomia 2011-06-01
Series:Œconomia
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/1910