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    It is not the case that Rawls demonstrates that principles of justice derived from the 'original position' apply across societies regardless of particular historical contingencies.

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    • 1.The original position embeds Western individualist assumptions; non-Western societies may prioritize collective goods or relational identities differently.
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    • 2.Historical contingencies shape what justice means—property rights, merit, and freedom are understood through culturally-specific institutions and values.
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    • 3.Claiming universal applicability risks imposing one conception of justice on societies with legitimately different frameworks for organizing social cooperation.
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    • 1.The original position abstracts away from contingencies, revealing universal rational principles that any self-interested agent would endorse.
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    • 2.Justice principles derived from impartial reasoning should transcend particular contexts, otherwise they're merely expressions of local power.
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    • 3.Rawls's two principles (equality of liberties and fair distribution) address fundamental human needs present in all societies regardless of culture.
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