Can anyone provide answers to the discussion questions in my philosophy class on "the law of peoples"?

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1. For rawls the concept of justice is based on social contracts. According to your understanding< what does it mean by social contracts and what are they supposed to be?Do you think that there is such kind of social contracts between international societies?

What are the factors of outlaw peoples, societies burdened with unfavorable conditions, and benevolent absolutism that prevent them from reaching a realistic utopia, What are the two reasons rawls contends the realistic utopia is possible? do you agree or disagree

3. when rawls talks about the realistic utopia, human nature and just institutions seem to be important elements. Try to analyze the influence of human nature and just institutions: what should be the necessary conditions in your opinion.

4. Rawls argues that some immediate problems of contemporary foreign policy could be left aside or treatied briefly once the idea of a realistic utopia is established. Take the cold war between us and soviet union as an example, try to consider if the situation is as rawls said in pg9