 John Rawls’s A Theory of Justice, first published in 1971 (with a revised edition in 1999) poses an intriguing question: What principles would you accept to govern your society if you did not know your actual or likely position in this society? In practice, we are all aware of the religion we have (if we have one), we have some sense of the natural abilities we have been born with, and the advantages or disadvantages we have gained from our social background. But, for a moment, envisage that we did not know such things and possessed only very general information about the kind of society we are going to live in. Behind this “veil of ignorance”, not knowing our religion, natural ability, or social background, what principles would we choose to govern the institutions that affect the distribution of “primary goods” like income and wealth?