Fact checked by Vikki Velasquez Reviewed by Charlene Rhinehart What Is the Veil of Ignorance? The Veil of Ignorance is a ...

But you exist behind what Rawls called a “veil of ignorance.” You will be “born” — “placed” is probably a better word — into that society, but you don’t know where on the socio ...

To this end, Rawls has us imagine the contracting parties behind a “veil of ignorance,” whereby they are stripped of any knowledge of contingencies about themselves. That is, the contracting parties ...

He cites one of Rawls’s main ideas, the ‘veil of ignorance,’ a thought experiment in which you imagine what society would look like if you didn’t know your class, race or religion.