In John Rawls' (1971) "A Theory of Justice", he outlines a thought experiment known as the 'original position'. In this experiment, it is possible for just societal outcomes to be determind by ensuring that all members of a society are unaware of their eventual position (i.e. race, gender, income, etc.) within that society. Rawls refers to this as:
Question 9 options:
the social equity principle
blind justice
the veil of ignorance
the optimality principle