The political philosophy of intersubjectivity and the logic of discourse

This paper is concerned with the competing and complimentary relationships between intersubjectivity and discursive logic. It contends that the ultima te failure of Husserlian phenomenology is a testament to the dilemma of sub jectivist philosophy. Indeed, political philosophy requires a paradigm-shif t from subjectivity to intersubjectivity. With this in mind, this paper exa mines the classical encounter between morality and ethical life in connecti on with discursive ethics. While it argues that Habermas still retains a st rong residue of subjectivist philosophy, it attempts to clarify the discurs ive analysis of Foucault and probes into its applicability to practical phi losophy.