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Rorty II 89
Rorty: Habermas and Walzer are at opposite ends: Walzer: there can be no non-circular evidence for the Western superiority. No transcultural tribunal of reason. Cf. >Western rationalism, >Reason, >Ultimate justification.
Rorty II 90
Habermas requires (according to Rorty) really heavy philosophical amunition for the model of Kant: only transcendental conditions of any possible communicative practice can be sufficiently strong to accomplish the task.
>Principles/Kant, >Practical Reason.
It needs a universally existing human ability called practical reason that shows us what is an arbitrary distinction between individuals and what is not.

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