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Record Nr.

UNINA9910495888403321

Autore

Rehg William

Titolo

Insight and solidarity : a study in the discourse ethics of Jürgen Habermas / / William Rehg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [1997]

©1994

ISBN

0-585-09870-0

0-520-91917-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 244 p. )

Collana

Philosophy, social theory, and the rule of law  Insight and solidarity

Disciplina

170.92

Soggetti

Discourse ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I. A Theory of Intersubjective Insight -- Introduction to Part I -- CHAPTER ONE. The Object, Method, and Aim of Discourse Ethics -- CHAPTER TWO. Elements of Moral Discourse -- CHAPTER THREE. Deriving a Dialogical Principle of Universalization -- Postscript to Part I -- PART II. Solidarity: Discourse Ethics and the Good -- Introduction to Part II -- CHAPTER FOUR. Moral Discourse and Conceptions of the Good Life -- CHAPTER FIVE. Discourse Ethics and the Good -- CHAPTER SIX. The Solidaristic Basis of Moral Insight -- PART III. Discourse and Particularity -- Introduction to Part III -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Care and Discourses of Application -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Situating Discourse Ethics -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Discourse ethics represents an exciting new development in neo-Kantian moral theory. William Rehg offers an insightful introduction to its complex theorization by its major proponent, Jürgen Habermas, and demonstrates how discourse ethics allows one to overcome the principal criticisms that have been leveled against neo-Kantianism.    Addressing both "commun-itarian" critics who argue that universalist conceptions of justice sever moral deliberation from community traditions, and feminist advocates of the "ethics of care" who stress the moral significance of caring for other individuals, Rehg shows that discourse ethics combines impartiality with solidarity. He provides the



first systematic reconstruction of Habermas's theory and explores its relationship to the work of such contemporary philosophers as Charles Taylor. His book articulates a bold alternative to the split between the "right" and the "good" in moral theory and will greatly interest philosophers, social and legal scholars, and political theorists.