Species Membership and the Veil of Ignorance
What Principles of Justice would the Representatives of all Animals Choose
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12227694 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hallie Liberto (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 299-320 |
| Publication date | 2016-12-12 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Utilitas (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0953-8208 • E-ISSN: 1741-6183 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0953820816000315 |
| OpenAlex | W2560606267 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
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
Argument (complex analysis · Biology · Economic Justice · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Ignorance · Law and economics · Natural (archaeology · Original position · Political science · Sociology · Veil of ignorance · Climate Change and Geoengineering · Law · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |