keywords: Daniel Fleming Veil Of Ignorance
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AUSTRALIA
- Daniel Fleming
- 14 August 2017
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Sometimes ignorance can be a virtue in political decision-making. The great 20th century political philosopher John Rawls had a thought experiment called the “Veil of Ignorance” which he suggested should be applied to any political decision to test whether or not it is just.
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AUSTRALIA
- Daniel Fleming
- 14 May 2020
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I’ve been left wondering at the amount of oxygen being given to a particular branch of ‘pandemic analysis’, one that sees cost-benefit analysis taking centre stage, with all the disturbing suggestions that follow.
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