What is a “veil of ignorance” and how does it relate to public policy?
What will be an ideal response?
John Rawls coined the term veil of ignorance when he suggested that citizens should pursue equality by developing systems for distributing positions and wealth without prior knowledge of what their own individual position or level of wealth in society might be.
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A researcher decides she wants to study the families of adolescents. To do this she extensively studies one family that has an adolescent. This is an example of
A) Archival research. B) Naturalistic observation. C) A case study. D) Field experimentation.
Of the issues listed in Table 8.4, on which do we see the greatest difference between younger and older Americans?
a. allowing Social Security funds to be invested in the stock market b. ensuring women access to abortion services c. expanding government services in general d. favoring same-sex marriages e. supporting cuts in military spending to reduce the deficit