Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 14:54:40 EST
Subject: Re: HAB: Trivia


Hi Matthew,

Habermas acknowledged that the expression 'discourse ethics' is wrong 
in the preface (2nd paragraph) to Erlauterungen (1991), trans.
Justification and Application, and said it should actually be 
"discourse theory of morality". He held on to Diskursethik because 
the term has been in usage for a while.

Best,
Mathieu
> Date:          Sun, 12 Apr 1998 15:05:21 -0400 (EDT)
> From:          "M.A. King" <kingma-AT-mcmail.CIS.McMaster.CA>
> To:            habermas-AT-jefferson.village.virginia.edu
> Subject:       HAB: Trivia
> Reply-to:      habermas-AT-lists.village.Virginia.EDU

> Somewhere, I think in an interview, Habermas points out that "discourse
> *ethics*" is a misnomer, that it's actually concerned with morality and
> not ethics.  Does anyone know where he says this?  Obviously it's implied
> in everything he says about the distinction between morality and ethics,
> but I'm looking for the explicit statement.
> 
> Thanks,
> Matthew
> 
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