Suppose further that these rules specify a system of cooperation designed to advance the good of those taking part in it . Then , although a society is a cooperative venture for mutual advantage , it is typically marked by a conflict as ...
It seems reasonable to suppose that the parties in the original position are equal . That is , all have the same rights in the procedure for choosing principles ; each can make proposals , submit reasons for their acceptance , and so on ...
We may note first that there is , indeed , a way of thinking of society which makes it easy to suppose that the most rational conception of justice is utilitarian . For consider : each man in realizing his own interests is certainly ...