The "veil of ignorance" means that to think ethically you must:
A) lose the assumption that what you personally want or need is necessarily morally correct.
B) recognize that one cannot make valid ethical decisions unless they are totally unaware of the other parties involved so as to eliminate bias.
C) recognize that one cannot make valid ethical decisions unless they are totally unaware of the circumstances leading to the ethical dilemma so as not to be influenced by unchangeable history.
D) put yourself in the position of those affected by your decision and act as you would want them to act.
E) make every ethical decision as if you did not have any education in ethical or moral history.
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