There is, however, another side to istifying a particular description of the original position. This see if the which be our considered convictions of justice or extend them in an acceptable way. We can note whether Aeplying these principles would lead us to blate the same ments about the basic stru of society which we now make intuitively and in which we have the greatest confid or whether, in where our present judgements are in doubt and given with hesitation, these principles offer a resolution which we can aftirm on reflection. There are questions which we feel. sure must be answered in a certain way. For example, we are confident that religious intolerance and racial discrimination are unjust. We think that we have examined these things with care and have reached what we believe is an impartial judgement likely to be distorted by an excessive attention to our own interests. These convictions are provisional fixed points which we prcsume any conception of justice must fit. But much as to what disumbation of wealth and authority. Here we may be looking for a way to remove our doubts. We can check an interpretation of the initial situation, then, by the capacity of its principles to accommodate our firmest convictions and to provide guidance where guidance is needed.