John Rawls, Justice.

Rawls opens The Role of Justice with a strong analogy which turns the brain on, justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought. Rawls also gives us the definition we were looking for, the role of justice itself is to insure that the distribution of benefits and burdens is fair. Just is a key center point in a society. Without justice in a society, the society would be …

…or their strengths. These principles are covered behind a veil of ignorance. This veil ensures that no one is advantaged or disadvantaged in the choice of principles by the outcome of natural chance of the contingency of social circumstances. Justice as fairness conveys the idea that principles of justice are agreed to an initial situation that is fair. A feature of justice would include the parties in the initial situation as rational and mutually disinterested.