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Norms, ethics, philosophy: norms define which actions are permitted, advisable or prohibited when certain circumstances are present. The philosophical discussion deals mainly with questions of its justification._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Jürgen Habermas on Norms - Dictionary of Arguments
III 35 Norms/Knowledge/Habermas: the knowledge embodied in norm-regulated actions or in expressive expressions does not (...) refer to the existence of facts, but to the target validity of norms and to the subjective experiences that emerge. >truthfulness, >Subjectivity, >Correctness. III 132 Norms/Habermas: are not expressed by existential clauses such as "It is the case that q is required", but in the form of "It is required that q". This concerns the claim to normative correctness, which is expressed in such a way that it applies to a group of addressees. >Deontology, >Deontic logic. III 133 The a fact that a norm actually exists means that the claim to validity with which it occurs is recognised by the parties concerned. >Validity claim. III 134 Norm-regulated action requires two worlds, the objective and a social world. >Objective world, >Subjective world, >Social world. Acting in accordance with norms presupposes that the actor can distinguish between the factual and the normative elements. III 135 of his acting situation, i. e. can distinguish the conditions and means from values. III 405 Norms/Habermas: Within a standardised framework, the filing of a validity claim is not an expression of a contingent will. >Objectivity, >Communicative action/Habermas, >Communication theory/Habermas, >Communication/Habermas, >Communicative practice/Habermas, >Communicative rationality/Habermas Likewise, agreement to a claim to validity is not an empirically motivated decision alone. The rejection of such a claim can only take the form of a criticism and the defence of the claim can only take the form of a refutation of the criticism. >Critique/Habermas. Whoever doubts the validity of norms will have to give reasons, whether against the legality of the regulation, i.e. the legality of its social validity - or against the legitimacy of the regulation, i.e. the claim to be correct or justified in a moral-practical sense. Here, conditions of acceptability are sufficient for compliance with a norm; they do not have to be supplemented by conditions of sanctions. >Acceptability/Habermas, >Justification, >Rationale, >Reasons. - - - IV 65 Norms/Tradition/VsTradition/Habermas: only when the power of tradition has been broken to such an extent that the legitimacy of existing orders can be viewed in the light of hypothetical alternatives, the relatives of one cooperation ask themselves. That is to say, a group dependent on joint efforts to achieve collective objectives, whether the norms in question regulate the arbitrariness of the relatives in such a way that each of them can see his or her interests safeguarded. >Cultural tradition, >Conventions. IV 143 Norms/Language/Mead/Habermas: As language establishes itself as a principle of socialization, the conditions of sociality converge with conditions of communicatively established intersubjectivity. Since the authority of the holy is transformed into the binding power of normative claims to validity, which can only be discursively redeemed, the notion of the validitiy to be achieved is purified from empirical admixtures. In the end, the validity of a norm only means that it could be accepted by all those concerned for good reasons. >Validity claims, >Intersubjectivity, >Society, >Community._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Ha I J. Habermas Der philosophische Diskurs der Moderne Frankfurt 1988 Ha III Jürgen Habermas Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns Bd. I Frankfurt/M. 1981 Ha IV Jürgen Habermas Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns Bd. II Frankfurt/M. 1981 |