The Communicative Ethics Controversy (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0262521520 ISBN 13: 9780262521529

Verlag: MIT Press, 1990

Inhaltsangabe

This timely reader in moral philosophy addresses a controversy that strongly affected recent European reflections on the relevance of ethics for theories of democratic institutions and democratic legitimacy. The debate centers around the idea of a communicative ethics as articulated by Jürgen Habermas and Karl-Otto Apel, and it is representative both of recent attempts to bridge the gap between Continental and Anglo-American philosophy and of the turn to language that has characterized much of recent philosophy. The Communicative Ethics Controversy illustrates philosophical dialogue in action, moving from theses to counterarguments to rejoinders. Theoretical statements by Habermas, Apel, and two of their leading students, Dietrich Böhler and Robert Alexy, are followed by a series of five arguments by their leading critics, who represent viewpoints ranging from Kantian idealism to Wittgensteinian ordinary-language theory. Fred Dallmayr's introduction and Seyla Benhabib's incisive conclusion place the debate in perspective, bringing it up to date and relating it to the Anglo-American context.Seyla Benhabib is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. Fred Dallmayr is Packey Dee Professor of Government at the University of Notre Dame. Contributors: Robert Alexy. Karl-Otto Apel. Seyla Benhabib. Dietrich Bohler. Jurgen Habermas. Otfried Hoffe. KarlHeinz Ilting. Hermann Lubbe. Herbert Schnadelbach. Albrecht Wellmer.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Seyla Benhabib is Eugene Meyer Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at Yale University and author of The Claims of Culture: Equality and Diversity in the Global Era and other books.

Fred Dallmayr is Packey Dee Professor of Government at the University of Notre Dame.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: MIT Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1990
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0262521520
• ISBN 13: 9780262521529
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 396
• Herausgeber: Benhabib Seyla, Dallmayr Fred R.
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