公共理性实质上是个人作为理想的公民所应具有的理性。公共理性运用于公共生活领域,意在生成公共生活的基本规则与关于社会基本结构的正当性共识,以促进公益、维护公民之权益。公共理性内涵从政治伦理学阐释主要表现在以下方面: Public reason is essentially the rationality that an individual should possess as an ideal citizen. Public reason applies to the field of public life, intended to generate the basic rules of public life and the legitimacy of the basic structure of society consensus, in order to promote public welfare and safeguard the rights and interests of citizens. The connotation of public reason from the political ethics interpretation mainly in the following aspects: