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.

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

People can make arguments from the Bible if they want to. But I want them to see that they should also give arguments that all reasonable citizens might agree to.

The idea of public reason has to do with how questions should be decided, but it doesn't tell you what are the good reasons or correct decisions.

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

The fundamental criterion for judging any procedure is the justice of its likely results.

[E]ach person is to have an equal right to the most extensive basic liberty compatible with a similar liberty for others.