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Citizens can have their own grounding in their comprehensive doctrines, whatever they happen to be.


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A just society is a society that if you knew everything about it, you'd be willing to enter it in a random place.

A just society is a society that if you knew everything about it, you'd be willing to enter it in a random place.



The fairest rules are those to which everyone would agree if they did not know how much power they would have.

The fairest rules are those to which everyone would agree if they did not know how much power they would have.



The bad man desires arbitrary power. What moves the evil man is the love of injustice.

The bad man desires arbitrary power. What moves the evil man is the love of injustice.



An injustice is tolerable only when it is necessary to avoid an even greater injustice.

An injustice is tolerable only when it is necessary to avoid an even greater injustice.



Justice is happiness according to virtue.

Justice is happiness according to virtue.



A society regulated by a public sense of justice is inherently stable.

A society regulated by a public sense of justice is inherently stable.



The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.

The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.



The sense of justice is continuous with the love of mankind.

The sense of justice is continuous with the love of mankind.



The intolerant can be viewed as free-riders, as persons who seek the advantages of just institutions while not doing their share to uphold them.

The intolerant can be viewed as free-riders, as persons who seek the advantages of just institutions while not doing their share to uphold them.



Many of our most serious conflicts are conflicts within ourselves. Those who suppose their judgements are always consistent are unreflective or dogmatic.

Many of our most serious conflicts are conflicts within ourselves. Those who suppose their judgements are always consistent are unreflective or dogmatic.





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Sometimes I think the environment in which we operate is entirely too secular. The fact that we have freedom of religion doesn't mean we need to try to have freedom from religion




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