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Full Idea
Only those action norms are valid to which all possibly affected persons could agree as participants in rational discourse.
Gist of Idea
Actions norms are only valid if everyone possibly affected is involved in the discourse
Source
Jürgen Habermas (Between Facts and Norms [1996], p.107), quoted by James Gordon Finlayson - Habermas Ch.6:79
Book Ref
Finlayson,James G.: 'Habermas' [OUP 2005], p.79
A Reaction
This remark stands somewhere between Kant and Rawls. The Holocaust stands behind Habermas's philosophy. The thought, I suppose, is that it would never have happened if everybody had been fully involved in the original discourse about it.
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| 15665 | We can do social philosophy by studying coordinated action through language use [Habermas, by Finlayson] |
| 15670 | The aim of 'post-metaphysical' philosophy is to interpret the sciences [Habermas, by Finlayson] |
| 20573 | Rather than instrumental reason, Habermas emphasises its communicative role [Habermas, by Oksala] |
| 20961 | What is considered a priori changes as language changes [Habermas, by Bowie] |
| 15668 | Meaning is not fixed by a relation to the external world, but a relation to other speakers [Habermas, by Finlayson] |
| 15669 | People endorse equality, universality and inclusiveness, just by their communicative practices [Habermas, by Finlayson] |
| 23416 | Political involvement is needed, to challenge existing practices [Habermas, by Kymlicka] |
| 15667 | To understand a statement is to know what would make it acceptable [Habermas] |
| 15672 | Actions norms are only valid if everyone possibly affected is involved in the discourse [Habermas] |
| 15677 | Moral right is linked to validity and truth, so morality is a matter of knowledge, not an expression of values [Habermas, by Finlayson] |
| 15671 | Move from individual willing of a general law, to willing norms agreed with other people [Habermas] |
| 15666 | To understand language is to know how to use it to reach shared understandings [Habermas] |