The Idea Of Public Reason Has To

What's Important Is That People Give The Kinds Of Reasons That Can Be Understood And Appraised Apart From Their Particular Comprehensive Doctrines: For Example, That They Argue Against Physician-assisted Suicide Not Just By Speculating About God's Wrath Or The Afterlife, But By Talking About What They See As Assisted Suicide's Potential Injustices.

Ideally Citizens Are To Think Of Themselves As If They Were Legislators And Ask Themselves What Statutes, Supported By What Reasons Satisfying The Criterion Of Reciprocity, They Would Think Is Most Reasonable To Enact.

Peace Surely Is A Good Reason, Yes. But There Are Other Reasons Too.

Of Course, We Know That Not Everyone Agrees With Assisted Suicide, But People Might Agree That One Has The Right To It, Even If They're Not Themselves Going To Exercise It.

In Constant Pursuit Of Money To Finance Campaigns, The Political System Is Simply Unable To Function. Its Deliberative Powers Are Paralyzed.