Veil of ignorance

In Nathaniel Hawthorne's story, “The Minister’s Black Veil”, there are several themes, but the most ordinary and prominent is that everyone has secrets and sorrows hidden from others. In the story, the main character, Reverend Hooper, is a minister in a small Puritan community in Milford. The minister is described as wearing two folds of black crape, which entirely conceals his facial features other than his mouth and chin (240). This veil symbolizes many things, but most people assume that…

Hooper had a black veil on his face. Everything on his face was covered except his mouth and chin, I think this was because his smile and words are important to the mood of the story. The people begin to believe that Mr. Hooper had committed a sin and was using the veil to hide from God. Hawthorne had done something like this in The Scarlet Letter when Hester had to wear the “A”. “Yet perhaps the pale-faced congregation was almost of fearful a sight to the minister, as his black veil to them.”…

the hand of an angry God.” his theme was that sinner will go to hell if they don't repent from sinning. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s text ‘the minister’s black veil” his theme was directed towards a life lesson. Edward’s sermon is more effective because of his use of language and style. In both texts “Edwards sermon” and “The minister's black veil” both authors use hyperbolic language in their texts. In “Edwards sermon” he states, “ His mere pleasure that keeps you from being this moment swallows…

The Minister’s Black Veil is one of the many short stories written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. This short story takes place during the Puritan Age. The Puritan Age is when people believed that only God could create change in their hearts. They led very simple and plain lives. Hawthorne's main topic in this story is secret sin and how everyone has secret sin. Overall, Hawthorne’s The Minister’s Black Veil is a very powerful story and people should read it. Hawthorne begins his story in the Milford…

we are asked to presume members behind the “veil of ignorance” do not know their conceptions of good. In A Theory of Justice, John Rawls considers the role of justice in society and posits a simple conception of just society. In Rawls’ view, justice depends upon a “scheme of cooperation” that enables all in society to achieve an agreeable existence, or the…

if we try. Imagine if you were not you, the people that benefit from the justice and unfairness dont need the need to overthink on what it would be like if you were born in completely realities and circumstances. That's why John created the Veil of ignorance- Before you were brought into this world you didn't know what you were going to be born…

reasoners, reason in order to validate the two “principles of justice” (42) in a “basic structure” (10) leading to a “well-ordered society” (8). The idealized reasoners do some kind of calculation. With the “original position” (14) and the “veil of ignorance” (15) idealized reasoners can understand the “difference principle” (61). This is an important element of creating a well-ordered society. Mills finds issue with how Rawls uses this ideal as something we should follow. The issue is with…

A hypothetical veil is placed upon a society, where the identities of every person remain masked under the veil. People are taken out of their places and see their society from a new standpoint, an outside one. No one knows who they are, but rather they only see people and how society treats them. Since no one knows…

Rawls would agree with mass incarceration because it is not beneficial in some aspects and it goes against the veil of ignorance in certain ways. Although his critique of mass incarceration maybe harsh under several of his principles the problem can be fixed. Rawls suggestion is that you imagine yourself in an original position in society under a veil of ignorance. Being behind the veil means that you do not know anything about yourself and your natural abilities. You also are unaware of your…

in law enforcement, this little amount of evidence shows why he would choose life without parole is because he respects the law and the punishment of the judicial system, defendant shown as a threat to society and he had a weapon. After the veil of ignorance the position is still the same because we believe that the defendant will be a danger to society and needs to be locked up from the public. It is not the death penalty because the decision is ethical and it’s for the greater good because…