John Rawls takes a more general approach to his discussion of justice stating that: "We cannot, in general, assess a conception of justice by its distributive role alone...". Among other things he states that based on the concept of original position, which is "the appropriate initial status quo which insures that the fundamental agreements reached in it are fair". Based on the concept of the original position, we see how certain things such as person's position in a society, their possessions, and any details about them that may some how influence justice are ignored. This is defined by Rawls as a "veil of ignorance", which basically means that justice is blind.

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I can see some resemblance of both of the theories in our society, although we are far from reaching total equality. There is still inequality on all levels of

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