This thinker proposed a method of operating under the assumptions of ideal theory before attempting to reform the non-ideal world.
This thinker proposed a method of operating under the assumptions of ideal theory before attempting to reform the non-ideal world. People support the same laws for different reasons in his conception of "overlapping consensus", and an individual's specific judgments and general beliefs are completely coherent in his proposed state of reflective equilibrium. The attributes of citizens are hidden from their representatives behind a "veil of ignorance" in a work of his which theorizes the title concept "as fairness". For 10 points, name this liberal American philosopher who wrote A Theory of Justice.
This thinker proposed a method of operating under the assumptions of ideal theory before attempting to reform the non-ideal world.
John {Rawls}