The Idea Of Public Reason Has To

Intuitionism Is Not Constructive, Perfectionism Is Unacceptable.

Many Of Our Most Serious Conflicts Are Conflicts Within Ourselves. Those Who Suppose Their Judgements Are Always Consistent Are Unreflective Or Dogmatic.

The Claims Of Existing Social Arrangements And Of Self Interest Have Been Duly Allowed For. We Cannot At The End Count Them A Second Time Because We Do Not Like The Result.

Properly Understood, Then, The Desire To Act Justly Derives In Part From The Desire To Express Most Fully What We Are Or Can Be, Namely Free And Equal Rational Beings With The Liberty To Choose.

You Hear That Liberalism Lacks An Idea Of The Common Good, But I Think That's A Mistake.