veil of ignorance

Without its support we still have no reason to believe that any agreement will be reached behind the veil of ignorance.

But even this labor will hardly roll back the veil of ignorance.

Suppose you were setting immigration policy from behind that veil of ignorance.

It seems that slowly but surely they are trying to draw a veil of ignorance over the country.

Under this "veil of ignorance," how would you want selective colleges to choose their students?

We must continually push back the veil of ignorance.

A veil of ignorance hangs over the moment of creation.

Here there is only the separation of a thin veil of ignorance.

Each individual, however, deliberates behind a "veil of ignorance."

This rule is a concrete application of the veil of ignorance concept.

The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance."

Once the mind is sufficiently concentrated, Vipassana allows one to see through the veil of ignorance.

In Mr. Cheney's case, the veil of ignorance is even more troubling.

The inscription reads: "He lifted the veil of ignorance from his people and pointed the way to progress through education and industry."

The veil of ignorance is part of the long tradition of thinking in terms of a social contract.

Sen claims that there are multiple possible outcomes of the reflective equilibrium behind the veil of ignorance.

What's happening is that the veil of ignorance that once covered our inner lives is wearing increasingly thin.

He argues that the principles of justice are those which would be chosen by a rational agent situated behind a 'veil of ignorance'.

Daleiden admires the veil of ignorance as a way of thinking about ethics objectively.

The key difference with respect to the former is that Rawls' veil of ignorance translates almost seamlessly from the purely ideal to the practical.

We gaped at the elegant officer in stunned silence, trying to penetrate the veil of ignorance which hid our valor from us.

The veil of ignorance operates so that the agent will not know his or her natural endowments, social situation, or conception of the good.

But Rawls also insisted that the people behind his famous 'veil of ignorance' must consider the consequences of their actions over 'at least two generations'.

People in the original position have no society and are under a veil of ignorance that prevents them from knowing how they may benefit from society.

So he imagined people gathered behind "a veil of ignorance," unaware of whether they were rich or poor, talented or inept.