>No one here says that we shouldn't practice reason-giving in a public
>sphere. Those who disagree with you are merely saying that it has a far
>more modest place in politics in particular & human lives in general than
>you or Habermas is prepared to acknowledge.
>
>Yoshie
Habermas isn't saying that we should practice reason-giving in the public sphere. He's pointing out that when we do, it is universalizable, and that when we don't, it probably isn't.
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