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Beyond Rawls' Fiction: The Veil of Ignorance Is Real

Harold Anthony Lloyd

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Brief thoughts on why Rawls' "fictional" veil of ignorance is in fact real and why social morals and self-interest thus converge.

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Brief thoughts on why Rawls' "fictional" veil of ignorance is in fact real and why social morals and self-interest thus converge.

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Brief thoughts on why Rawls' "fictional" veil of ignorance is in fact real and why social morals and self-interest thus converge.

Key concepts: Epistemology, Ignorance, Reflective equilibrium, Veil of ignorance, Philosophy, Economics, Neoclassical economics, Economic Justice

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