I Take As My Fundamental Starting Point

Norms Appearing In The Form Of Law Entitle Actors To Exercise Their Rights Or Liberties. However, One Cannot Determine Which Of These Laws Are Legitimate Simply By Looking At The Form Of Individual Rights. Only By Bringing In The Discourse Principle Can One Show That Each Person Is Owed A Right To The Greatest Possible Measure Of Equal Liberties That Are Mutually Compatible.

Today's Islamic Fundamentalism Is Also A Cover For Political Motifs. We Should Not Overlook The Political Motifs We Encounter In Forms Of Religious Fanaticism

Disappointment Over Nationalistic Authoritarian Regimes May Have Contributed To The Fact That Today Religion Offers A New And Subjectively More Convincing Language For Old Political Orientations.

I Shall Develop The Thesis That Anyone Acting Communicatively Must, In Performing Any Speech Act, Raise Universal Validity Claims And Suppose That They Can Be Vindicated.

From A Moral Point Of View, There Is No Excuse For Terrorist Acts, Regardless Of The Motive Or The Situation Under Which They Are Carried Out.