Moral Consciousness and Communicative Action: Copernicus and Kepler

by Jürgen Habermas

Book Overview

This long-awaited book sets out the implications of Habermas's theory of communicative action for moral theory. "Discourse ethics" attempts to reconstruct a moral point of view from which normative claims can be impartially judged. The theory of justice it develops replaces Kant's categorical imperative with a procedure of justification based on reasoned agreement among participants in practical discourse. Habermas connects communicative ethics...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262581183
• ISBN13: 9780262581189
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Mit Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher