The epicenter of Sens approach to justice is based on the John

Rawls theory of justice who identifies justice as fairness with the

support of the social contract theory modified by him by
emphasizing upon the principles of equality and liberty to be
achieved through just institutions. His work is unique in the sense
that it is comparative rather than ideal or transcendental and it
lays emphasis on human lives and on the behaviors of the people
vis a-vis justice rather than some just institutions. John Rawls
identification of justice through the prism of Fairness wants to
create perfect society through the means of just institutions which
are universally applicable at all times. He observes that such
universal application is impossible and too ideal to achieve. He
has laid emphasis on reason rather than perfection.
His work is based upon comparative theory and he has opposed
the transcendental theory propounded by Rawl wherein the aim
is to create and identify perfect society. According to Sen, such
identification is not possible there are many theories of justice. He
has given an apt and simple story of three children Ann, Bob and
Carla quarrelling as to who should get a flute. Anne claims the
flute on the ground that she is the only one of the three who
knows how to play it. Bob claims that he is the only one among
the three who is so poor that he has no toys of his own and that
the flute would give him something to play with. Carla claims that
she has the right over the flute as she had made the flute in the
first place. The transcendentalist or Rawls follower approach will
be to seek as to which one of these is a right answers. Sen wants
to point out that sometime there are many or plural right answers
and that there are many plausible reasons for handing over the
flute to any of the children.