Abstract

Abstract: This paper argues that the moral agents, properly represented in the Original Position, would reject the choice of the Different Principle, choosing, instead, a alternative conception of social and political justice, which I will call the Conception of Basic Equality (BE). The argument in favor of this alternative conception will require a critical examination of the kind of information and the restrictions no the parties´ deliberation in the original position.

Keywords: social justice, original position, difference principle, maximin, basic equality.