Revisiting the “veil of ignorance” and its implication for the justice principles on the ground of an alternative interpretation of the original position[Retour sur le « voile d'ignorance » et ses implications sur les principes de justice sur la base d'une interprétation alternative de la position originelle]

After an introduction on the relation between the veil of ignorance and the utopian original position, the part I analyses the original position as a "possible world" in the Lewis acceptance. The part II discusses the distinction between information and knowledge at the different sequences of the parties' agreements on the principles of justice. The part III explains the role of the Maximin in the parties' choice as a thought experiment in line with real experiments and neurosciences results.