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TED-Ed: 3 easy steps to build a real utopia | Joseph Lacey

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A group of strangers have gathered to design a just society. To ensure none of them rig the system, they’ve been placed under a veil of ignorance. Under this veil, they’re blind to information about age, sex, profession, wealth,... A group of strangers have gathered to design a just society. To ensure none of them rig the system, they’ve been placed under a veil of ignorance. Under this veil, they’re blind to information about age, sex, profession, wealth, religion, and so on. Can they build a fair society where everyone has the resources they need? Joseph Lacey details John Rawls' classic thought experiment. [Directed by Eoin Duffy, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Salil Bhayani].
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2024
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Concepts

germany, labor, totalitarianism, work
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action, actions, arndt, believed, crimes, economic, eichmann, important, individuals, kind, modernity, sense, specifically, thinking, world
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