Ethical foundations of the left

[Kelley]

what you described is exactly what habermas is up to, that's the problem. 
so, you didn't disregard him at all, but elaborated on him.  like ken said, 
get out the books and quote something and tell me i'm wrong. because right 
now, most of you are pulling smoke out of your behinds in order to argue. 
so, you end up saying something that you think habermas doesn't say. but 
you're wrong! did you even read my response to marta?

kelley


>Ya know, this discussion reminds me of psychoanalysis: You're
>motivated by your unconscious!  "No I'm not!"  See--you're repressing!
>I was right!
>
>If you're clever enough, you can interpret any language use according
>to any principles you please, just as a Freudian can interpret any
>dream as a disguised representation of an unconscious wish.  But
>again, please explain: what's the point of this assumption--and it
>is in fact an a priori assumption, no matter how you try to wiggle
>out of it--that any communication can be analyzed according to
>universalized philosophical principles?
>
>Miles