"that societal roles were completely re-fashioned and redistributed, and that from behind your veil of ignorance you do not know what role you will be reassigned (Rawlsian Veil)."

The problem for me is that (a) we are not behind a veil and (b) most people don't give a crap (this is based on my 18 or so odd years having conversations with others about the blatant injustices of this world and our arbitrary positioning in it). To me, the solution is not convincing everyone they should equally care about all others-- especially because the human condition seeks constructed social identification. While citizenship might be a thin distinction for the purposes of biology, the practical implications of living in a certain country, a shared language, a national narrative, physical boundaries, the creeds, myths, habits, attitudes... add up to a substantial social order to me. In my socially manipulated opinion, the best possibility for justice is that the frameworks of these social constructs (if one agrees that they are an inevitable manifestation of our humanity) move in the direction of valuing the entire human race.

-- NonaFarahnik - 01 Mar 2010