Editing Distributive justice (section)

==== Veil of ignorance ====
{{Main|Veil of ignorance}}
This nullification of [[temptation]]s is realised through a ''veil of ignorance'', which these people will be behind. The veil prevents the people from knowing what particular preferences they will have by concealing their talents, objectives, and, most importantly, where in society they themselves will end up. The veil, on the other hand, does not conceal general information about the society, and the people are assumed to possess societal and economic knowledge beyond the personal level.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rawls|first=John|url=https://archive.org/details/theoryjusticerev00rawl|title=A Theory of Justice|edition=Rev.|publisher=Harvard University Press|year=1999|pages=[https://archive.org/details/theoryjusticerev00rawl/page/n140 118]–119|url-access=limited}}</ref> Thereby, such veil creates an environment for negotiations where the evaluation of the distribution of goods is based on general considerations, regardless of place in society, rather than biased considerations based on personal gains for specific citizen positions.<ref name=":2" /> By this logic, the negotiations will be sensitive to both those who are worst off, given that a risk of being in that category yourself will incentivize protection of these people, but also the rest of society, as one would not wish to hinder maximal utilisation for these in case you would end up in higher classes.