Question: what role does the veil of ignorance play in rawl's theory

title: Veil of ignorance
text: The `` veil of ignorance '' is a method of determining the morality of political issues proposed in 1971 by American philosopher John Rawls in his `` original position '' political philosophy . It is based upon the following thought experiment : people making political decisions imagine that they know nothing about the particular talents , abilities , tastes , social class , and positions they will have within a social order . When such parties are selecting the principles for distribution of rights , positions , and resources in the society in which they will live , this `` veil of ignorance '' prevents them from knowing who will receive a given distribution of rights , positions , and resources in that society . For example , for a proposed society in which 50 % of the population is kept in slavery , it follows that on entering the new society there is a 50 % likelihood that the participant would be a slave . The idea is that parties subject to the veil of ignorance will make choices based upon moral considerations , since they will not be able to make choices based on their own self - or class - interest . 

Answer: answer: John Rawls an American philosopher proposed in 1971 that there is a "veil of ignorance" a method of determining the morality of political issues based upon moral considerations, since they will not be able to make choices based on their own self - or class - interest .
answer: John Rawls in his philosophy used veil of ignorance to determine the morality of political issues as people making political decisions would use it to prevent them from knowing who will receive a given distribution of rights , positions , and resources in the society and decisions would be made based upon moral considerations not on their own self - or class - interest .