Rawls's "Veil of Ignorance" Is A(n)

question 5

Multiple Choice

Rawls's "veil of ignorance" is a(n)

• A) metaphorical term for the way in which humans often fail to empathize with one another.
• B) description of the tools used by governments to keep their people ignorant.
• C) imaginary device for ensuring that contractors make fair choices.
• D) objection to contractarianism.

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Definitions:

Misinformation Effect

The phenomenon where a person's recall of episodic memories becomes less accurate due to post-event information, often leading to memory distortion.

Proactive Interference

A phenomenon where old memories hinder the ability to remember new information.

State-Dependent Learning

The phenomenon that information learned in a particular state of consciousness is more readily recalled when in the same state.

Connectionist Model

An approach in cognitive sciences that models mental or behavioral phenomena as emergent from interconnected networks of simple units.