Karl-Heinz Ladeur's critique of the overestimation of 'public rationality' is a plea for the value of private virtues which cannot be reduced to communication in the public domain, and a critique of the endless expansion of the role of the state beyond any reasonable limits.
In this book, Karl-Heinz Ladeur focuses on a critique of the overestimation of 'public rationality' in theories about democratic deliberation and discourse ethics. He defends the specific 'relational rationality' of the inter-individual 'cognitive networks' which exist in liberal societies. This is a plea for the value of private virtues which cannot be reduced to communication in the public domain, and a critique of the endless expansion of the role of the state beyond any reasonable limits.
Karl-Heinz Ladeur
Geboren 1943; Studium der Rechtswissenschaft in Köln und Bonn; 1976 Promotion; 1982 Habilitation; Professor für Öffentliches Recht an den Universitäten Bremen und Hamburg sowie am Europäischen Hochschulinstitut, Florenz.
Steuerung des Staates Funktion des Staates Rationalität Privatrechtsgesellschaft