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Species Membership and the Veil of Ignorance: What Principles of Justice would the Representatives of all Animals Choose?

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Mark Rowlands gives a compelling argument that, if John Rawls's contractarianism is consistently applied, and Rawls's premises fully explained, then we have powerful reasons to believe that representatives behind the Veil of Ignorance should be blind to species membership in the same way that they are blind to economic status and natural talent. 1 I argue that even if we suppose this to be correct, these agents would not choose the two principles of justice, but instead ones that more closely resemble utilitarian principles.

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  • Liberto, Hallie, 2017. "Species Membership and the Veil of Ignorance: What Principles of Justice would the Representatives of all Animals Choose?," Utilitas, Cambridge University Press, vol. 29(3), pages 299-320, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:utilit:v:29:y:2017:i:03:p:299-320_00
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