J_the_siu_fish·Oct 24My Personal University Lesson 69:The Veil of Ignorance — How to Design Fairer Decisions When You…The Veil of Ignorance: Why Fair Decisions Begin by Forgetting Your Own Position
TJ Hamilton·Jul 9Bitching about Rawls—a note and rantIn political theory, Rawls’ Veil of Ignorance is the equivalent of the perfectly spherical cow from an old physics joke. In other words, it…A response icon1
Hooman Noorchashm·Dec 23, 2025The Trolley Trap: The Hidden Danger Lurking in Ethics Classrooms and The Fragility of Social…The trolley problem has become one of the most widely taught thought experiments in modern ethics classrooms, often presented as a…
Wild Philosopher·Sep 23, 2025Rule Utilitarianism and the Veil of Ignorance: Optimizing Self-InterestDo rule utilitarianism and Rawls’s veil of ignorance reveal true ethics — or just refined self-interest? This essay asks where ethics…
Riaz Laghari·Sep 1, 2025oases of easeHumanity venerates truth in speech, yet flees from it in deed. Civilization rises as a minaret of illusions, fortified by our fear of…
