Whatever we, as prospective participants unaware of our specific features, would desire society to be like is what, morally speaking, we ought to institute. (Thomas Pogge)

Whatever we, as prospective participants unaware of our specific features, would desire society to be like is what, morally speaking, we ought to institute.

Thomas Pogge

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