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| Author(s): |
Rurion Soares Melo
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2005-01-17 |
| Examining board members: |
Ricardo Ribeiro Terra;
Marcos Severino Nobre;
Denilson Luis Werle
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| Advisor: | Ricardo Ribeiro Terra |
| Abstract | |
In order to find a comom ground of justification to principles and norms that, under conditions of a cultural and social pluralism, could be publicly recognized, Habermas reconstructs the point of view under wich it is possible to found impartially norms of action. According to Habermass conception of democracy, the legitimacy of norms depends on the institutionalization of procedures that foster deliberation and increase the chances of arriving at valid decisons according to the public use of reason. In this sense, Habermas defends the view that it is only the procedure, rather than outcomes or substantive reasons, wich constitute the decisive parameter for legitimacy. This procedure refers to the discursive exchange of reasons in wich participants strive to reach agreement solely on the basis of the better argument, and it anchors the validity of norms in the possibility of a rationally founded agreement on the part of all those who might be affected, insofar as they take on the role of participants in a rational debate. (AU) | |