Ideal Legislators Do Not Vote Their Interests.

The Claims Of Existing Social Arrangements And Of Self Interest Have Been Duly Allowed For. We Cannot At The End Count Them A Second Time Because We Do Not Like The Result.

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.

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.

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 Hazards Of The Generalized Prisoner's Dilemma Are Removed By The Match Between The Right And The Good.