The discursive normativity in Habermas. On the neutrality of the discourse principle in relation to the law and moral

Abstract

The objective of this article is to examine the sense of the neutrality ofthe discourse principle in Habermas’ theory of the law and the democracy. In relationto the law and the moral, the discourse principle is neutral, but it contains anormativity, that bases on the content of the pragmatic presuppositions of argumentationin general. In contrast to some interpretations that impute a minimummoral sense to discourse principle, it is intended to show as Habermas’ theory canconfer diverse forms of application to this principle, according to the practicalquestions that arive in the political public sphere.