Communicative action and the radical constitution: the Habermasian challenge to Hayek, Mises and their descendents
评估了哈贝马斯的行动类型学及其激进民主法治观，指出其对奥地利学派行动科学的方法论挑战，并揭示两者在福利国家批评上的异同及共同弱点。
This paper evaluates Jurgen Habermas's typology of action and his recent call for a radically democratic rule of law. The theory of action that Habermas develops, however, differs significantly from the science of action (praxeology) of the Austrian school. As such, it represents a methodological challenge to Austrian praxeology. Additionally, Habermas's criticism of the welfare state is shown to be somewhat consistent with Hayek's criticisms, but his alternative to the welfare state challenges the political vision of many Austrian economists. This paper attempts to demonstrate that both Habermas's and the Austrian school's efforts suffer from similar weaknesses and epistemological pretences. Copyright 2007, Oxford University Press.