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When Is a Law Not Law? Habermas, Democracy, and Argentine Dictatorship’s Self-Amnesty
Jürgen Habermas’s greatest legacy lies in the ways he taught us to think about democracy, particularly through what he termed ‘deliberative democracy’. Through this notion, Habermas refers to a regulative ideal; that is, not a ‘description’ of democracy as it exists – which is what interested Robert Dahl, for example – but rather a normative horizon to be attained, a point that allows us to judge whether public decisions taken are justified or not.
31.03.2026
