Well?
Well, you should look him up, if you want to. But one of the things he opined on is designing a fair society. By the way, it's impossible to do so. He said that the way to do this is to make rules regarding a good or fair society behind a veil of ignorance - i.e the people who make these rules cannot have any idea which social bucket they'll end up in or they're already in.
This "original position" bias exists today in our conversations regarding the #coronavirus. There are umpteen points of view on what to do about it, & how to balance health, economy, & other stresses, but there's simply no consensus.
And there, in all likelihood, never will be on matters that are inherently quasi-scientific in nature because of this "original position" bias.
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