"Justice as fairness is not a complete contract theory."

"The idea of a well-ordered society is an ideal that we should strive for, even if we can never fully achieve it."

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

"A conception of justice is stable if, when the basic structure of society is publicly known to satisfy its principles for an extended period, those subject to these arrangements acquire a sense of jus…"

"The original position is a hypothetical situation, not an actual historical state of affairs."