The Idea Of Public Reason Isn't About

A Political Conception Covers The Right To Vote, The Political Virtues, And The Good Of Political Life, But It Doesn't Intend To Cover Anything Else.

How Did Madison Get Separation Through Virginia And Later Congress? The Baptists, The Presbyterians, And The Smaller Sects Hated Jefferson; To Them He Was A Secularist Of The Worst Kind. But Madison Could Get Jefferson's Bill Passed Because The Baptists, The Presbyterians, And Smaller Sects Who Were Excluded In New England And In The South Got Together For Their Own Protection.

In All Sectors Of Society There Should Be Roughly Equal Prospects Of Culture And Achievement For Everyone Similarly Motivated And Endowed. The Expectations Of Those With The Same Abilities And Aspirations Should Not Be Affected By Their Social Class.

Public Reason Arguments Can Be Good Or Bad Just Like Other Arguments.

The Naturally Advantaged Are Not To Gain Merely Because They Are More Gifted, But Only To Cover The Costs Of Training And Education And For Using Their Endowments In Ways That Help The Less Fortunate As Well.