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Society
Write the rules, then be born
You must design society before finding out whether you will be rich or poor, healthy or ill, powerful or ignored. Which rules would you refuse to leave to luck?
Choose the rules without knowing your place under them. This tests which inequalities you can defend when you might be the one who loses.
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