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    No party can press for agreement on principles that will ... — Carmelics
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    Supports→The agreement reached by the parties behind the veil of ignorance will be fair to all actual citizens.

    No party can press for agreement on principles that will arbitrarily favor the particular citizen they represent, because no party knows the specific attributes of the citizen they represent.

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    arbitrary(Debate over Locke's watch passage and natural kind classification)
    Does not mean 'random' or that all qualities are equally adequate as differentia; refers instead to the availability of multiple similarly good and natural grounds for classification.
    principles(Explicitly equated with 'invariant reasons' in the passage)
    Invariant reasons — moral considerations that apply consistently regardless of particular circumstances

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    veil of ignorance(Original position (Rawls) and hypothetical insurance scheme (Dworkin))
    A hypothetical condition in which individuals choose principles of justice or insurance schemes without knowledge of their own position, traits, or circumstances in society.

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    The veil of ignorance situates the representatives of free and equal citizens fairly with respect to one another. No party can press for agreement on principles that will arbitrarily favor the particular citizen they represent, because no party knows the specific attributes of the citizen they represent. The situation of the parties thus embodies reasonable conditions, within which the parties can make a rational agreement. Each party tries to agree to principles that will be best for the citize

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