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QUESTION 19 This question, and the three questions that follow it, have to do with the following paragraph from John Rawls's A Theory of Justice. One should not be misled, then, by the somewhat unusual conditions which characterize the original position. The idea here is simply to make vivid to ourselves the restrictions that it seems reasonable to impose on arguments for principles of justice, and therefore on these principles themselves. Thus it seems reasonable and generally acceptable that no one should be advantaged or disadvantaged by natural fortune or social circumstances in the choice of principles. It also seems widely agreed that it should be impossible to tailor principles to the circumstances of one's own case. We should insure further that particular inclinations and aspirations, and persons' conceptions of their good do not affect the principles adopted. The aim is to rule out those principles that it would be rational to propose for acceptance, however little the chance of success, only if one knew certain things that are irrelevant from the standpoint of justice. For example, if a man knew that he was wealthy, he might find it rational to advance the principle that various taxes for welfare measures be counted unjust; if he knew that he was poor, he would most likely propose the contrary principle... At any time we can enter the original position, so to speak, simply by following a certain procedure, namely, by arguing for principles of justice in accordance with these restrictions. When Rawls mentions “the somewhat unusual conditions which characterize the original position,” he most likely has the following in mind: The difference principle 0 The fact that all contractors are motivated solely by altruism, and not by self-interest O The veil of ignorance The fact that, in this position, what's right is determined by a social contract

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Auю сх. 19. Correct option. The weil es ignorance 20. Cossect option: Facts object " The circumstances of one's own ease. 21. Correct option - (d) persuade us that no person who is forned a rentally self-interested will ever agree to be bound by an agreement, even on that he sees is fair.