Choosing Between Capitalisms: Habermas, Ethics and Politics

摘要: In Between Facts and Norms Habermas both accepts the place of distinctively ethical considerations about ‘the good’ in political deliberation, advances a particular view nature justification judgments. Whilst welcoming former, this paper criticises latter, with its focus on issues identity self-understanding, suggests instead broadly Aristotelian alternative. The argument proceeds, first, through detailed engagement Habermas’s theoretical claims reasoning politics, which it is argued that he fails to show how different possibilities can be critically evaluated, second, analysis practical example, choice being made between kinds capitalism. Here draws recent work comparative economy institutional differences varieties capitalism, uses contrast implications conception ethics, according what would matter congruence economic institutions community’s historically shaped identity, those preferred alternative, requires comparison conceptions good each kind capitalism institutionally favours, collective judgments their respective contributions human well-being.