The Idea Of Public Reason

A Just System Must Generate Its Own Support.

The Only Thing That Permits Us To Acquiesce In An Erroneous Theory Is The Lack Of A Better One, Analogously, An Injustice Is Tolerable Only When It Is Necessary To Avoid An Even Greater Injustice.

Ideally A Just Constitution Would Be A Just Procedure Arranged To Insure A Just Outcome.

Any Comprehensive Doctrine, Religious Or Secular, Can Be Introduced Into Any Political Argument At Any Time, But I Argue That People Who Do This Should Also Present What They Believe Are Public Reasons For Their Argument. So Their Opinion Is No Longer Just That Of One Particular Party, But An Opinion That All Members Of A Society Might Reasonably Agree To, Not Necessarily That They Would Agree To. What's Important Is That People Give The Kinds Of Reasons That Can Be Understood And Appraised Apart From Their Particular Comprehensive Doctrines.

Citizens Can Have Their Own Grounding In Their Comprehensive Doctrines, Whatever They Happen To Be.