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Original position

In philosophy, the original position is a hypothetical position from which members of society would consider which principles they would select for the basic structure of their society if they had no knowledge ahead of time regarding the position which they would end up occupying in that society. The idea of having no such knowledge, because everyone is…

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Original position

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related to Criticisms · 11
Original position → He, In Anarchy, In Liberalism, Justice, Limits, Me, Michael Sandel, Rawls's, Robert Nozick, State, Utopia
related to External links · 8
Original position → Archived October, Distributive Justice, Experimental Groups, Macquarie University, PhilosophyChoices, Principles, Stanford Encyclopedia, Wayback Machine'Original Position
related to Nature of the concept · 7
Original position → Because, Derived, He, In Rawls's, It, Rawls, This
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Original position → hypothetical position from which members of society would consider which principles they would select for the basic structure of their society if they had no knowledge ahead of…

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Original positionis ahypothetical position from which members of society would consider which principles they would select for the basic structure of their society if they had no knowledge ahead of…0.90text
John Stuart Millinstance ofHistoryThe concept of the veil of ignorance has been in use by other names for centuries by philosophers0.80text
Immanuel Kant whose work discussed the concept of the social contractinstance ofHistoryThe concept of the veil of ignorance has been in use by other names for centuries by philosophers0.80text
Adam Smith with hisinstance ofHistoryThe concept of the veil of ignorance has been in use by other names for centuries by philosophers0.80text
insuranceinstance ofcareful egoism effectively becomes altruism by minimizing/sharing risk through social safety nets and other means0.80text
Original positionrelated to CriticismsIn Anarchy0.60section
Original positionrelated to CriticismsState0.60section
Original positionrelated to CriticismsUtopia0.60section
Original positionrelated to CriticismsRobert Nozick0.60section
Original positionrelated to CriticismsHe0.60section
Original positionrelated to CriticismsRawls's0.60section
Original positionrelated to CriticismsIn Liberalism0.60section

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