text: A book by Michael Sandel criticizes this thinker for a misguided "philosophical anthropology".
full_question: A book by Michael Sandel criticizes this thinker for a misguided "philosophical anthropology". This man wrote a book describing "modular" political ideas that are shared by people with diverse values. This author of Political Liberalism described "overlapping consensus" and argued that social inequalities should favor the disadvantaged, an idea called the "difference principle". This man claimed the maximin rule would govern choices people make in an "original position" in which they do not know what position they will hold in civil society. For 10 points, name this philosopher who described a veil of ignorance in his A Theory of Justice.
first_sentence: A book by Michael Sandel criticizes this thinker for a misguided "philosophical anthropology".
raw_answer: John Rawls [or John Bordley Rawls]