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(2002) Pragmatist ethics for a technological culture, Dordrecht, Springer.
I heartily agree with the main thrust of Paul Thompson's essay. Like him I believe it is important to see how bioethical issues can be dealt with by developing a pragmatist form of discourse ethics, in which more attention is paid to the notion of experience. Here I would like to elaborate on his claim that pragmatic discourse does not re-establish "Moralität" over "Sittlichkeit" and, correspondingly, his claim that Habermas puts the defense of rationality in the wrong place I think Thompson is right and will try to explain why.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-010-0301-8_17
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Pekelharing, P. (2002)., Minimalism with a vengeance, in J. Keulartz, M. Korthals, M. Schermer & T. Swierstra (eds.), Pragmatist ethics for a technological culture, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 217-221.
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