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The term you're looking for is "veil of ignorance" (that's the thing you imagine being behind when formulating policy), and the biggest proponent of that way of

by gjm11 16y ago

The term you're looking for is "veil of ignorance" (that's the thing you imagine being behind when formulating policy), and the biggest proponent of that way of thinking about policy is John Rawls. He wrote a book called "A theory of justice" that talks about this, and a later one called "Justice as fairness: a restatement". Advance warning: I find his writing pretty heavy going; I don't know whether that's a quirk of my brain or just means that he doesn't write as clearly as he might.

corin_ 16y ago
Many thanks, the inability to place it was really bugging me. Now I just need to work out what the Bach that keeps going round my head is.
- gjm11 16y ago
  Give me the notes, or the best approximation you can manage, and I can probably help with that one too. If someone else doesn't get there first. :-)
  - corin_ 16y ago
    F Ab G F C Ab G F C(0) Db C Bb Ab G First eight and last four notes are quavers, C(0) and Db are crotchets. Plus I used (0) to notate down an octave. It could be from one of the cello suites... but looking through them I can't for the life of me find it. Definitely it's played by a cello, pretty sure at the start of the piece, might be for solo cello or might be something close to the brandenburgs.. Would be immensely grateful if you could place it, I've been feeling so dumb for not knowing it for about a week now, I know I really ought to. edit: I think there's a good chance it is in F minor as with my above notation, but it's quite possible I'm wrong about that. edit: because I hate music written with letters.. http://misc.corincole.com/bach.png http://misc.corincole.com/bach.png
    - gjm11 16y ago
      I can't find quite that anywhere either, and in particular no movement from the cello suites starts with it or anything that sounds close to me. The beginning of the first movement of BWV1023 (it's a violin sonata) isn't a million miles off, but it certainly isn't quite it and it's a violin rather than a cello. (Are you absolutely sure it's Bach? Not that I have anyone else in mind.)
      - corin_ 16y ago
        Nah, it's not BWV1023. I could be wrong about it being Bach, but I definitely feel like it is, and when I asked my mother if she had any ideas she immediately went to "I think it's a Bach cello suite", so even if she was wrong about it being one of the cello suites, it's still looking fairly good for being Bach. Plus it's definitely Bach-esque. And I can't bare it, I've heard it so many times, have definitely heard it in concert if not even played it myself when I was younger, just can't quite remember. Don't suppose you could ask your wife if it rings any bells for her if you didn't already? (I saw she's a rather good viola player on your site.)
        gjm11 16y ago
        I asked her; no bells rung. Sorry! I'll keep thinking...

by gjm11 16y ago

corin_ 16y ago

Many thanks, the inability to place it was really bugging me. Now I just need to work out what the Bach that keeps going round my head is.

gjm11 16y ago
Give me the notes, or the best approximation you can manage, and I can probably help with that one too. If someone else doesn't get there first. :-)
- corin_ 16y ago
  F Ab G F C Ab G F C(0) Db C Bb Ab G First eight and last four notes are quavers, C(0) and Db are crotchets. Plus I used (0) to notate down an octave. It could be from one of the cello suites... but looking through them I can't for the life of me find it. Definitely it's played by a cello, pretty sure at the start of the piece, might be for solo cello or might be something close to the brandenburgs.. Would be immensely grateful if you could place it, I've been feeling so dumb for not knowing it for about a week now, I know I really ought to. edit: I think there's a good chance it is in F minor as with my above notation, but it's quite possible I'm wrong about that. edit: because I hate music written with letters.. http://misc.corincole.com/bach.png http://misc.corincole.com/bach.png
  - gjm11 16y ago
    I can't find quite that anywhere either, and in particular no movement from the cello suites starts with it or anything that sounds close to me. The beginning of the first movement of BWV1023 (it's a violin sonata) isn't a million miles off, but it certainly isn't quite it and it's a violin rather than a cello. (Are you absolutely sure it's Bach? Not that I have anyone else in mind.)
    - corin_ 16y ago
      Nah, it's not BWV1023. I could be wrong about it being Bach, but I definitely feel like it is, and when I asked my mother if she had any ideas she immediately went to "I think it's a Bach cello suite", so even if she was wrong about it being one of the cello suites, it's still looking fairly good for being Bach. Plus it's definitely Bach-esque. And I can't bare it, I've heard it so many times, have definitely heard it in concert if not even played it myself when I was younger, just can't quite remember. Don't suppose you could ask your wife if it rings any bells for her if you didn't already? (I saw she's a rather good viola player on your site.)
      - gjm11 16y ago
        I asked her; no bells rung. Sorry! I'll keep thinking...