In A Theory of Justice (1971) John Rawls asks you to choose a society’s rules behind a veil of ignorance, where “no one knows his place in society”. He thought you’d make sure the worst place was as good as it could be. He meant a society’s basic institutions, not cake.
Cut the cake. Then cut it again without knowing which seat is yours.
It’s easy to be fair when you don’t know which slice is yours. Rawls’s test: would you sign up to it before you knew where you’d sit?
Ask yourself. Which of your arrangements would you still defend if you didn’t know which seat you’d end up in?
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That’s the whole collection examined, every room. Now imagine doing this with your own life, for a year, with two people who come to know it well. That’s membership.