Veil of Ignorance

America

 

Iceland no doubts about it. The gap in wealth between classes over there is tiny add that to the incredibly low amounts of crime, high amounts of weed, great education system and the awesome geology of the place and it makes for the best place to live.

 

Whoa. I don't get the connection to the thread title, but your question is fascinating.

I think I'd go with Denmark...or maybe Sweden...can I let it be random between those two?

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(if not, I'd better do some additional research before giving a final answer )

 

Wikipedia:
The veil of ignorance, along with the original position, is a method of determining the morality of a certain issue (e.g., slavery) based upon the following thought experiment: parties to the original position know nothing about their particular abilities, tastes, and position within the social order of society.

When the parties are selecting the principles for distribution of rights, positions, and resources in the society they will live in, the veil of ignorance prevents them from knowing about who they will be in that society. For example, for a proposed society in which 50% of the population is kept in slavery, it follows that on entering the new society there is a 50% likelihood that the participant would be a slave.

I remember this from school social philosophy class

I don't know. Let's say Norway. They have nice fjords.

 

My homeland, Australia. I can't honestly wanna choose to be born anywhere else.

 

IDK... Netherlands, is the first choice. But I would also go with Sweden, Switzerland or my own country Portugal!

 

I'd choose Norway

 

I'm going to say Iceland, they have probably the most equal society.

 

Sweden I think

 

Either Iceland or Sweden, maybe the Netherlands

 

Iceland.

But I'm pretty happy here in the UK.

 

Germany or America... Can't decide which one.

 

I think I'd pick Sweden, and then only hope I'm born in one of the bigger cities.

 

Sweden or Iceland, I've heard much positive things about them.

 

I'm honestly unsure. I'm most familiar with the States, having lived here my entire life, but things definitely aren't great here, so I'd hate to be put in a terrible situation. Maybe Iceland, as others have said.

 

France or Germany.

 

I have a question. When we are born, into whatever country we choose, will it only be from 2014 and beyond, or can it be any time period? This might change my answer, but I'll just give a general one.

I want to say the United States, but who knows where I would wind up. While I like the area that I am in, there is a chance I would not be placed here. Canada is a possibility, and maybe Iceland. Switzerland, too.

 

United states or Sweden. Kind of leaning towards Sweden though.

 

Somewhere in Europe. America is a tough place to be different. Especially conservative America. Ugh.