From: rol-AT-usp.br
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 17:05:50 -0300
Subject: Re: HAB: HAB AND BODILINESS


>
>mAY  I PRESENT MYSELF TO THE HABERMAS CONFERENCE,.
>
>My name is Dag Helge Moldenhagen, I am a Norwegian theologian and 
>ethicist  working at a college ecuating social educators My main 
>theme is ethics . At  time being I am working on the theme: Body an 
>public morality. Any of you who knows of articles touching the theme.
>I think our bodily existense is somewhat a silent ground by Habermas. 
>But maybe some of you have some  comments. 
>i know that tthe bodily eixtence has some role in his works. but 
>appears as a silent ground.
>
>Dag 
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>Norway.
>
>

           If you want to find relations between Body and Public Morality, 
such as the foundation of morality over fisiology, try to search for 
Umberto Eco's latest works. Last year he gave an interview to Roger Pol 
Droit (french journalist) explaining exactly his beliefs about the 
foundation of all spiritual matters, and specially moratity, over the body 
existence.
            I don't know if he has written any sistematic paper or article 
about this theme yet, but try to get in touch with his later works or 
interviews (I can indicate some, if you want) where you can sure find the 
information you need.
            Inside Habermas theory I belive the bodily existence only has an 
indirect influence over his thinking, once it can only be seen in some of 
the  works from other authors which Habermas uses to construct his theory.