2010
Theories of justice in the spirit of Rawls and Harsanyi argue that fair-minded people should aspire to make choices for society as if in the original position, that is, behind a veil of ignorance that prevents them from knowing their own social positions in society. In this paper, we provide a framework showing that preferences in front of the veil of ignorance (i.e., in face of everyday risky situations) are entirely determined by ethical preferences behind the veil. Moreover, by contrast with Kariv & Zame (2008), in many cases of interest, the converse is not true : ethical decisions cannot be deduced from economic ones. This not only rehabilitates distributive theories of justice but even proves that standard decision theory in economic environments cannot be separated from ethical questioning.
Gaël Giraud, Cécile Renouard. Is the Veil of Ignorance Transparent ?. 2010. ⟨halshs-00469112⟩ (lien externe)
Citations
APA
Giraud, G., & Renouard, C. (2010). Is the Veil of Ignorance Transparent ? In Documents de travail du Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne. https://shs.hal.science/halshs-00469112v1
MLA
Giraud, Gaël, and Cécile Renouard. “Is the Veil of Ignorance Transparent ?” Documents De Travail Du Centre d'Économie De La Sorbonne, Jan. 2010, https://shs.hal.science/halshs-00469112v1.
Chicago
Giraud, Gaël, and Cécile Renouard. 2010. “Is the Veil of Ignorance Transparent ?” Documents De Travail Du Centre d'Économie De La Sorbonne. https://shs.hal.science/halshs-00469112v1.
Harvard
Giraud, G. and Renouard, C. (2010) “Is the Veil of Ignorance Transparent ?,” Documents de travail du Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne. Available at: https://shs.hal.science/halshs-00469112v1.
ISO 690
GIRAUD, Gaël and RENOUARD, Cécile, 2010. Is the Veil of Ignorance Transparent ? [en ligne]. January 2010. Disponible à l'adresse : https://shs.hal.science/halshs-00469112v1