Personally I have little regard for veil of ignorance arguments, on the basis that there is no such thing as a veil of ignorance. No, I would not want the al-Qaeda programmers to nominate a group of humans (presumably Islamic fanatics) and extrapolate their volition – I would rather they used all of humanity. But so what?
This veil of ignorance is unlike the Rawlsian one. The FAI programmer really is ignorant about features of his morality.
This veil of ignorance is unlike the Rawlsian one. The FAI programmer really is ignorant about features of his morality.