Publicness and Justice should be the consequence of the combination of consistent and coherent principles and just procedures. If there were only procedures (without principles), the result would be nothing but the arbitrary and permanently transient ...
Publicness and Justice should be the consequence of the combination of consistent and coherent principles and just procedures. If there were only procedures (without principles), the result would be nothing but the arbitrary and permanently transient balance of competing, struggling powers. If there existed only principles (without just procedures), the principles could not avoid the incessant questionings and resistances against the legitimacy of the principles from the citizens of the society Critically analyzing John Rawls`s Theory of Justice, we pursue if this combination be possible. The analysis reveals some flaws in Rawls`s theories, and goes further to find means to fix them. Practical connotations of the new suggestion for ``the Citizen Assembly`` are considered in the conclusion.