Now suppose you were to imagine a contract

想象一个契约
where the ideals of autonomy and of reciprocity were not subject to contingency

其自律和互惠的理念不受制于偶然因素
but were guaranteed to be realized,

而是确保能够实现的
what kind of contract would that have to be?

这是什么样的契约
Imagine a contract among parties

想象如果有一个契约
who were equal in power and knowledge rather than unequal

各方在权力和认知上平等而非不平等
who are identically situated rather than differently situated?

各方的地位是相同的而非不同
That is the ideal behind Rawls' claim

这就是罗尔斯观点背后的理念
that the way to think about justice

达成正义的方法
is from the standpoint of a hypothetical contract,

源自假定契约的角度
behind a veil of ignorance

站在无知的面纱之后
that creates the condition of equality by ruling out

它通过排除或使我们暂时忘记