Religious Reasons in the Public Sphere: A Challenge to Habermas
Habermas argues that religious reasons can enter the public sphere so long as they undergo a translation that meets the standards of public reason. I argue that such a translation may be either unnecessary or impossible. Habermas does not sufficiently consider the possibility that religious reasons...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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Philosophy Documentation Center
[2019]
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Philosophy & theology
Anno: 2019, Volume: 31, Fascicolo: 1/2, Pagine: 121-143 |
| (sequenze di) soggetti normati: | B
Habermas, Jürgen 1929-
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| Notazioni IxTheo: | AD Sociologia delle religioni CH Cristianesimo e società VA Filosofia |
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| Riepilogo: | Habermas argues that religious reasons can enter the public sphere so long as they undergo a translation that meets the standards of public reason. I argue that such a translation may be either unnecessary or impossible. Habermas does not sufficiently consider the possibility that religious reasons are already publicly accessible such that there no translation is required. Moreover, Habermas entirely fails to consider the possibility that, if he is right about religious reasons not being publicly accessible, these reasons may be of a kind such that they cannot be translated into a publicly accessible idiom as he supposes they can be. |
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| ISSN: | 2153-828X |
| Comprende: | Enthalten in: Philosophy & theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5840/philtheol2020524124 |