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When mutual aid groups struggle between merit and impartial justice

Our mutual aid network is trying to use rawlsian justice to decide resource allocation, but the members who do more organizing work think they should get priority consideration, while others argue that contradicts the whole point of the veil of ignorance. We're stuck between recognizing contribution and maintaining impartiality.

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What we've seen

Tension emerges between rewarding contribution and maintaining impartial distribution when applying justice principles to resource allocation.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Rawlsian justice — the thought experiment?”

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