Picture a perfect society. What does it look like?

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Joseph Lacey |

TED-Ed

• April 2024

A group of strangers have gathered to design a just society. To ensure none of them rig the system, they’ve been placed under a veil of ignorance. Under this veil, they’re blind to information about age, sex, profession, wealth, religion, and so on. Can they build a fair society where everyone has the resources they need? Joseph Lacey details John Rawls' classic thought experiment. [Directed by Eoin Duffy, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Salil Bhayani].