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RAWLS, JOHN
1921–2002
The Veil of Ignorance (The Schema Designed Without Founders' Names)
Rawls: just institutions are those one would design from behind a veil of ignorance about one's own position. The GAI's schema (§3) was finalized before any artist was admitted. The schema cannot favor the founders, because the founders had not yet positioned themselves. The veil is institutional. The fairness is structural. The reading room contains the Provisional Collective alongside everyone else, alphabetically.