O presente estudo analisa as contribuições epistêmicas extraídas do debate realizado entre o filósofo Jürgen Habermas e o papa emérito Bento XVI (Joseph Ratzinger), no qual trataram dos fundamentos pré-políticos da sociedade secular. Enfrentar-se-ão as perspectivas muito distintas entre os debatedores (antagonicamente ligados à razão e à fé) para investigar as bases morais pré-políticas do Estado Liberal – no sentido de se verificar o que manteria a sociedade coesa, independentemente dos recursos normativos do Estado Democrático de Direito. Da análise apresentada por cada coautor, este estudo irá extrair as contribuições epistemológicas de cada visão, buscando confrontá-las e, quem sabe, encontrar algum fator comum entre ambas as visões.
The present study analyzes the epistemic contributions drawn from the debate between the philosopher Jürgen Habermas and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger), in which they dealt with the pre-political foundations of secular society. The study will deal with the very different perspectives between the debaters (antagonistically linked to reason and faith) to investigate the pre-political moral foundations of the Liberal State - in order to verify what would keep the society cohesive, independently of the normative resources of the Democratic state. From each co-author analysis, this study will draw epistemological contributions from each view, seeking to confront them and, perhaps, find some common factor between both views.
