The sense of justice is continuous with the love of mankind.

If A were not allowed his better position, B would be even worse off than he is.

How did Madison get separation through Virginia and later Congress? The Baptists, the Presbyterians, and the smaller sects hated Jefferson; to them he was a secularist of the worst kind. But Madison could get Jefferson's bill passed because the Baptists, the Presbyterians, and smaller sects who were excluded in New England and in the South got together for their own protection.

Thus I assume that to each according to his threat advantage is not a conception of justice.

A scheme is unjust when the higher expectations, one or more of them, are excessive. If these expectations were decreased, the situation of the less favored would be improved.

The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.

Citizens can have their own grounding in their comprehensive doctrines, whatever they happen to be.