Ethics and politics. Critical reflections about the relationship between discourse ethics and deliberative democracy
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Universidad Industrial de Santander
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La teoría de la democracia deliberativa, como la ética del discurso, constituye una derivación teórica del enfoque de la racionalidad discursiva. Teniendo en cuenta el autor consultado, esta teoría política se relaciona de un modo específico con el punto de vista moral. El caso de Apel, y algunos de sus discípulos, la poítica se concibe como una rama de la ética, lo cual afecta el estatus conceptual de aquella teoría. En este sentido este artículo analiza la relación entre la democracia deliberativa y la ética del discurso. Se trata de una tarea pendiente, porque para algunos de los exponentes de esta teoría ética, ella parece asumir el rol de conductor y guía exclusivo de las decisiones políticas, que implica una reducción de la Filosofía política al campo de la ética.
The theory of the deliberative democracy, like the theory of the discourse ethics, constitutes a theoretical derivation of the approach of the Discursive Rationality. According to an author consulted, this political theory is specifically related to the moral point of view. In Apel’s case, and some of its disciples, the policies are conceived as a part of the ethics, which affects the conceptual status of that theory. In this sense, this article analyzes the relationship between both theories. This is a looming task, because of some of the exponents of this ethical theory, she seems to assume the role of guiding the political decisions in an exclusive way, which implies a reduction of the political Philosophy to the field of the ethics.
The theory of the deliberative democracy, like the theory of the discourse ethics, constitutes a theoretical derivation of the approach of the Discursive Rationality. According to an author consulted, this political theory is specifically related to the moral point of view. In Apel’s case, and some of its disciples, the policies are conceived as a part of the ethics, which affects the conceptual status of that theory. In this sense, this article analyzes the relationship between both theories. This is a looming task, because of some of the exponents of this ethical theory, she seems to assume the role of guiding the political decisions in an exclusive way, which implies a reduction of the political Philosophy to the field of the ethics.
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filosofía política, democracia, ética del discurso, Habermas, Apel, political philosophy, democracy, discourse ethics, Habermas, Apel