"The idea of the original position is to set up a fair procedure so that any principles agreed to will be just."

"The principles of justice are to be chosen by rational agents who are mutually disinterested."

"The concept of justice is distinct from the concept of good."

"Once we understand the principles of justice, we can then apply them to the real world, and see what kind of society they would lead to."

"In justice as fairness the original position of equality corresponds to the state of nature in the traditional theory of the social contract."