Means & Ends (was Re: Ethical foundations of the left)

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>>We can put it more strongly.  We can't even defend the existing 
>>rights & liberties -- not to mention establish them where such do 
>>not yet exist -- by trying to put Habermas's philosophy into 
>>practice.
>
>"There can be no theory which at the outset can assure a 
>world-historical mission in return for the potential sacrifices." - 
>JH

No need to go melodramatic.  Questions of means & ends are inherent 
in all politics, including mundane aspects of it.  For instance, we 
may consider questions concerning various actions taken by different 
protesters against G8 in Genoa here.

Yoshie