Rawls Original Position Analysis

Q) What is the original position? What are Rawls two principles of justice? Why does Rawls believe that parties in the original position will chose these principles?

During this essay I wish to discuss what is the original position and what its purpose is, how the veil of ignorance works and why it’s important for the original position to work. Also, what Rawls Two principle of justice are and why Rawls believes that parties in the original position will chose these principles.
Created by the American political philosopher John Rawls the original position is a hypothetical set of conditions in which parties choose a set of basic principles that make up the society in which they choose to live, Rawls created the original position as he wanted
the first principle of justice states: “Each person is to have an equal right to most extensive total system of equal basic liberties compatible with a similar system of liberty for all” Rawls believes that for a society to exist and be beneficial to all principles are needed so all understand what the basic distribution of wealth would be and how the society will be run. The basic liberties from the first principle of justice can be said that an individual within a society can have as much individual liberty as they choose so long as it does not affect the liberty of another. This principle allows any in society the right to vote or hold office dependent on their ability to do so, that all are to be treated the same in the eyes of the law rather than there being a class system meaning you do not have to be wealthy or an elite in to run for office. Other liberties include included are the right to free speech. The purpose of the first principle is that all people in a society be treated as equals and that all would have the same liberties as each other.
Rawls believes it is in the participants best interest to use maximin reasoning, how the maximin works is by “compare alternatives by the worst possible outcome under each alternative, and we should choose one which maximize the utility of the worst outcome.” (http://tiseda.sakura.ne.jp/works/maximin.html) Rawls believes his two principles of justice work as it makes all in society cooperate, according to the maximin rule the society should be designed in a way as to maximise the position of those in society which will be worse off in said society, “This means maximizing the minimum, or choosing the option where the worst possible outcome is better than the worst possible outcomes in the other options.”