"The two principles of justice are a special case of a more general conception of justice that can be expressed as follows: All social values—liberty and opportunity, income and wealth, and the bases o…"

"Justice as fairness provides a framework for public practical reasoning."

"The main idea is that society is a cooperative venture for mutual advantage."

"The problem of justice is to find principles that can be publicly justified to all members of society."

"The idea of public reason specifies the political values that are to guide the exercise of political power."