Full Idea
The veil of ignorance is very effective for making people see beyond their vested interests and goals. And yet it does little to ensure an open scrutiny of local and possibly parochial values.
Gist of Idea
The veil of ignorance encourages neutral interests, but not a wider view of values
Source
Amartya Sen (The Idea of Justice [2009], 06 'Original')
A Reaction
Communitarians also make a similar criticism of Rawls - that people in the initial position simplify themselves into pure rational agents looking for 'basic goods'.
Book Reference
Sen, Amartya: 'The Idea of Justice' [Penguin 2010], p.128