On Sat, 23 Jan 1999, Bob wrote:
> >Habermas often speaks favourably of G.H. Mead's idea of
> >ethical reasoning as involving imagining oneself in the place of the
> >other.
>
> Is there anyplace in particular in Mead's writings -- or for that matter
> Habermas's -- that you could point me to for further reading on this?
I haven't yet gotten to Mead himself (hopefully sooner than later); there
are references to Mead littered throughout Habermas's Theory of
Communicative Action, with a sustained discussion at the beginning of Vol.
2.
Matthew
> >Habermas often speaks favourably of G.H. Mead's idea of
> >ethical reasoning as involving imagining oneself in the place of the
> >other.
>
> Is there anyplace in particular in Mead's writings -- or for that matter
> Habermas's -- that you could point me to for further reading on this?
I haven't yet gotten to Mead himself (hopefully sooner than later); there
are references to Mead littered throughout Habermas's Theory of
Communicative Action, with a sustained discussion at the beginning of Vol.
2.
Matthew