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Rawls' liberal-egalitarianism (THOUGHT EXPERIMENT: Principles of…
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- they know general facts about human society
- but have no knowledge of their position in that society (e.g. talents, preferences and beliefs, place/social status)
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- an interpretation of the initial situation of the problem of choice posed there = designing context in which choices are made
- a set of principles which is argued, would be agreed to
- if we accept the description of the original position, we also accept the outcome that is chosen
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- offices and positions open to all - fair equality of opportunity
- Rawls: focus on domestic institutions
- Pogge: focus on global institutional order
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- same talents/same willingness: equal opportunity
- incentives: more goods are produces
First (1); then (2b), then (2a)