>On Wed, 13 Jan 1999, Tony Roberts wrote:
>
>> This is why I can't take Habermas seriously. I just can't imagine
>> Herr Doktor, even under ideal speech conditions, having a mutually
>> satisfying conversation with a crack whore. What would they say to
>> each other?
I'm no fan of Habermas, but if we take ideal speech conditions to mean a
society without hierarchical social relations, isn't Tony Roberts' question
moot, in that in such a society, neither 'Herr Doktor' nor a 'crack whore'
is likely to exist?
Yoshie
>
>> This is why I can't take Habermas seriously. I just can't imagine
>> Herr Doktor, even under ideal speech conditions, having a mutually
>> satisfying conversation with a crack whore. What would they say to
>> each other?
I'm no fan of Habermas, but if we take ideal speech conditions to mean a
society without hierarchical social relations, isn't Tony Roberts' question
moot, in that in such a society, neither 'Herr Doktor' nor a 'crack whore'
is likely to exist?
Yoshie