Abstract
R. Audi and J. Habermas share, despite their mutual differences, the goal of rethinking the relationship between public discourse and religious inspirations in a new way, with the aim of overcoming the inadequacy of traditional liberal schemes. Both focus on the issue at stake from the point of view of a possible ethics of citizenship and find a key point in the epistemological position of religious discourse inside the public sphere. Audi’s proposal effectively offers normative boundaries to a public ethics of political arguments of religious nature, within a liberal but fairly inclusive perspective. Habermas’ reflection looks more persuasive at the level of premises, as it radically questions the epistemological issue behind public discourse in liberal democracies.
| Translated title of the contribution | [Autom. eng. transl.] Forms of discourse between religion and the public sphere. R. Audi and J. Habermas on the relationship between religion and politics |
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| Original language | Italian |
| Pages (from-to) | 157-168 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Paradigmi |
| Volume | XXVII |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Citizenship
- Cittadinanza
- Etica pubblica
- Jürgen Habermas
- Public ethics
- Religion and politics
- Religione e politica
- Robert Audi