摘要
罗尔斯所强调的政治领域与哈贝马斯所主张的公共领域之间的关系,构成了二人理论争论中最独特且最持久的方面,并深刻影响着当代慎议民主理论的构造。但这两个领域之间被设定的冲突其实是二人之间的一场误会,因为前者是一种议题,后者是一种空间。作为议题的政治领域可以成为公共领域政治商谈的对象,而原初状态与公共理性仅仅是针对这一特殊议题的特殊约束。我们在两位理论家对公共领域所提出的约束条件之间的取舍,取决于是把合法性还是正义作为公共领域的目标。罗尔斯为设计正义原则所设置的约束条件塑造了一种公共推理形式,从而也构造了一种慎议民主的模式。
The relation between the domain of the political focused by Rawls and the public sphere advocated by Habermas is the most distinguishable and persistent aspect in the disputes of the two theorists,and it profoundly influences the theoretical construction of contemporary deliberative democracy. But the presumed conflict between these two domains arises from a misunderstanding between Rawls and Habermas,because the former is an issue whereas the latter is a space.The domain of the political as an issue may act as an object of the political discourses in the public sphere,and the original position and public reason are merely special constraints against this special issue.Our choice between the constraints proposed for the public sphere by these two theorists depends on which is to be taken as the goal of this sphere,legitimacy or justice.Nevertheless,the constraints set by Rawls for the design of the principles of justice model a form of public reasoning,and eventually shape a pattern of deliberative democracy.
出处
《中国人民大学学报》
CSSCI
北大核心
2010年第6期93-100,共8页
Journal of Renmin University of China
基金
中山大学青年教师培育项目"当代契约主义的慎议民主理论探究"阶段性成果
关键词
政治领域
公共领域
议题
空间
慎议民主
the domain of the political
public sphere
issue
space
deliberative democracy