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. The phrases original position and veil of ignorance were coined by the American philosopher John RawlsJohn Rawls, Justice as Fairness: A Restatement, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press, 2001., but similar thought experiments had been discussed earlier by William Vickery and John Harsanyi  .
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. The phrases original position and veil of ignorance were coined by the American philosopher John RawlsJohn Rawls, Justice as Fairness: A Restatement, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press, 2001., but the thought experiment itself was developed by William Vickery and John Harsanyi in earlier writings. .
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similar thought experiments had been discussed earlier
the thought experiment itself was developed
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in earlier writings.