Unconscious and reflective norms
Habermas does distinguish between particularistic norms (often unconscious) and universalistic norms (based on reflective argument), (Stryker, 2000:218).
But in reality, even when we reflect on a particular set of discourses or spoken communications, can we render the reflections empirically and objectively based? Can we sufficiently divorce ourselves from the complexities that were engendered in the context of the communication (either during the communicative action or subsequently) to successfully manage the level of abstraction required to implement Habermas' theory of communicative action?
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