John Rawls

One-line: American political philosopher (A Theory of Justice), author of the “veil of ignorance” thought experiment.

What we know

• Invoked in the Great Softening research for the Veil of Ignorance: design a just society without knowing what race, gender, or station you’ll be born into — which Kyle reframes as “What country would you live in if you didn’t know what race or gender you were going to be?”

Mentioned in

• The Hardening Of The Great Softening - Research — veil of ignorance applied to the American Dream’s floor vs. ceiling.