John Rawls Maintained That Only a Person Ignorant of His

question 12

Multiple Choice

John Rawls maintained that only a person ignorant of his own identity can make a truly ethical decision. This thought process is based on

• A) Ethical shielding.
• B) The veil of understanding.
• C) The veil of ignorance.
• D) Ethical certainty.
• E) Ethical ignorance.

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Definitions:

Pleasure Principle

In psychoanalytic theory, the instinctual seeking of pleasure and avoiding of pain to satisfy biological and psychological needs.

Id

In psychoanalytic theory, the component of personality that is driven by immediate gratification and impulses, without moral or logical reasoning.

Self-Transcendence

The process of overcoming the self and its limitations to achieve a wider sense of belonging, meaning, or connection with the universe, humanity, or a higher entity.

Psychoanalysis

Freud’s theory of personality that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts; the techniques used in treating psychological disorders by seeking to expose and interpret unconscious tensions.