This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher John Rawls' work of ethics and political theory, A Theory of Justice

Specifically it examines his discussion of one of the key insights of the work. This is what Rawls calls the "initial situation" or "condition" in which people would choose basic rules of justice governing a fair society. He envisions this as taking place behind a "veil of ignorance", in which nobody knows who they would be in that society.

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