Justice as Fairness
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The purpose of a legislative assembly in a society is so that the members of that society can vote and decide the laws and statutes by which that society shall run. All the members in the society are affected by the rules of the society, and all must adhere to the policies set forth by the assembly. Therefore, every member of the society has a right to be heard and be an active member in deciding the laws and policies that they will follow. We must now consider the following: every adult is required to serve in the Assembly for a term of two consecutive years out of every ten years. What must be considered is how this law relates to John Rawls' A Theory of Justice, and whether or not it is a just rule according to the two principles of justice as explained by Rawls.
The two principles of justice, simply put are, first, each individual is to have an equal right to the most extensive basic liberty compatible with a similar liberty of others. These basic liberties include freedom of speech and assembly, freedom to vote and own property, and freedom from unduly search and seizure. The second principle is that any social and economic inequalities that occur are to be arranged that they be to the advantage of everyone, and that positions and offices are open to all individuals. These two principles are the basis by which all rules of the social contract are judged by to determine the how just the rule is.
Now that the criterion has been defined for justice, we can now examine the specific case of the rule of the Assembly...