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Distributive justice
Distributive justice is the branch of ethics concerned with the fair allocation of resources, opportunities, and burdens across members of a society, addressing who gets what and on what basis.
Social justice
Social justice is the principle that the benefits and burdens of social cooperation should be distributed fairly among all members of society, addressing inequalities of wealth, opportunity, and power through institutional arrangements that respect the dignity and rights of every individual.
Veil of ignorance
The veil of ignorance is a thought experiment central to Rawls's theory of justice, in which rational agents choose principles of justice without knowing their own social position, talents, or conception of the good, ensuring that the principles they select are fair to everyone.