The document discusses principles of object-oriented design. It introduces the Single Responsibility Principle, which states that a class should have one and only one reason to change. It also covers the Open/Closed Principle, which states that software should be open for extension but closed for modification. Abstraction is key to achieving this. The document provides an example comparing a procedural implementation of drawing shapes that is not closed to an object-oriented implementation using polymorphism that is closed.