Original position
id:
original-position-188-10761383
title:
Original position
text:
The original position (OP), often referred to as the veil of ignorance, is a thought experiment used for reasoning about the principles that should structure a society based on mutual dependence. The phrases original position and veil of ignorance were coined by the American philosopher John Rawls, but the thought experiment itself was developed by William Vickrey and John Harsanyi in earlier writings. In the original position, one is asked to consider which principles they would select for the
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Thought experiment used for reasoning about the principles that should structure a society
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_position
date created:
2003-01-08T03:25:31Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T21:26:03Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q17149311","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q17149311"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Original_Position.svg","width":1052,"height":744}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16