The idea that the veil of ignorance makes Rawls's theory easier to accept when building a new society from scratch than when trying to change existing power structures is true because the veil of ignorance removes all heteronomy (specific personal characteristics and interests) and forces pure minimalist reasoning.
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Dr. Michael SugrueEvidence Quote
“the veil of ignorance where we don't know what we are that's actually a very powerful idea because what it does is remove all what khan called heteronomy you don't have any of these specific impulses that characterize you as an individual”
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