Under the guidance of renowned legal philosopher David Reidy, Matt argues in his dissertation that John Rawls's views on public reason can be best understood as including both a moral minimum and an aspirational ideal. The minimum standard, which Matt calls Public Representation (PR), is textually supported by Rawls's so-called "provio," and only requires that citizens translate their nonpublic convictions into public language. The aspirational ideal, which Matt calls Public Judgment (PJ), is textually supported by quotes scattered throughout Rawls's body of work, and requires citizens to fully decide political questions from the perspective of our common human reason. While Rawls implies that PR is all that is necessary to achieve a requisite degree of respect, justice, legitimacy and stability, Matt argues that these key political values are significantly bolstered when we instead embrace and practice PJ.