Exercise Step behind this veil. Imagine that you are ignorant of yourself, your natural abilities and social position. Knowledge of personal racial, sex, national or other interests and commitments cannot then influence your judgement. You become .
Rationality governs our choice of basic social principles.
Behind the veil and in our ignorance, we don't know if we will be the beneficiaries or victims of institutional or social bias. So therefore the highest minimum standards of justice in a society offer safe and fair principles. This resource was written by Chris Jarvis for the BOLA project.