The Hazards Of The Generalized Prisoner's Dilemma

There Are Two Kinds Of Comprehensive Doctrines, Religious And Secular. Those Of Religious Faith Will Say I Give A Veiled Argument For Secularism, And The Latter Will Say I Give A Veiled Argument For Religion. I Deny Both. Each Side Presumes The Basic Ideas Of Constitutional Democracy, So My Suggestion Is That We Can Make Our Political Arguments In Terms Of Public Reason. Then We Stand On Common Ground. That's How We Can Understand Each Other And Cooperate.

Certainly It Is Wrong To Be Cruel To Animals And The Destruction Of A Whole Species Can Be A Great Evil. The Capacity For Feelings Of Pleasure And Pain And For The Form Of Life Of Which Animals Are Capable Clearly Impose Duties Of Compassion And Humanity In Their Case.

Man Is A Historical Being : The Realisations Of The Powers Of Human Individuals Living At Any One Time Takes The Cooperation Of Many Generations (or Even Societies) Over A Long Period Of Time. By Contrast With Humankind, Every Individual Animal Can And Does Do What For The Most Part It Might Do, Or What Any Other Of Its Kind Might Or Can Do That Lives At The Same Time.

When The Basic Structure Of Society Is Publicly Known To Satisfy Its Principles For An Extended Period Of Time, Those Subject To These Arrangements Tend To Develop A Desire To Act In Accordance With These Principles And To Do Their Part In Institutions Which Exemplify Them

I Have Tried To Set Forth A Theory That Enables Us To Understand And To Assess These Feelings About The Primacy Of Justice. Justice As Fairness Is The Outcome: It Articulates These Opinions And Supports Their General Tendency.