Document Type
Discussion Paper
Publication Date
8-1-2004
CFDP Number
1477A
CFDP Revision Date
2005-02-01
CFDP Pages
29
Abstract
The veil of ignorance has been used often as a tool for recommending what justice requires with respect to the distribution of wealth. We complete Harsanyi’s model of the veil of ignorance by appending information permitting interpersonal comparability of welfare. We show that the veil-of-ignorance conception of John Harsanyi, so completed, and Ronald Dworkin’s, when modeled formally, recommend wealth allocations in conflict with the prominently espoused view that priority should be given to the worse off with respect to wealth allocation.
Recommended Citation
Moreno-Ternero, Juan D. and Roemer, John E., "Impartiality and Priority. Part 1: The Veil of Ignorance" (2004). Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers. 1757.
https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/cowles-discussion-paper-series/1757