Ismailov, N.O. Ethics of the discourse by J. Habermas within the context of justice

Abstract: The article concerns the main idea of the ethics of the discourse by J. Habermas, who is one of the best known modern philosophers. Ethics of discourse is regarded as an attempt of implementation of justice in the life of social communities and individual. Understanding of justice within the ethics of discourse is studied in the light of enriching this sphere. The author regards the ethics of discourse as a reflection of the reality of the modern society and attempts to uncover the ideas, which may be used in implementation of justice in the modern social conditions. The author studies ethics of the discourse within the context of justice from the standpoint of unity of all spheres of social life, causal and functional links, interrelation and interdependency of needs, interests and values. The discourse ethics is regarded as an attempt of synthesis of liberalism and communitarianism. The discourse ethics of J. Habermas has its positive features, such as measures offered by him for the achievement of public consent, attention to cultural differences, interests of social communities and individual persons, achievement of the said goals via state and law. At the same time the author fails to find in the studies of J. Habermas the correlation between the duty and benefit, needs, interests and values, interrelations of the main spheres of social life, economic and ideological relations.

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