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     Wie in der Erkenntnistheorie, so bewirkt auch in der
Ethik die Unterscheidung von Subject und Object, von
Einzelnem und Gesellschaft, von Ich und Welt, entscheidende
Aufklaerung.  (Conversely) Umgekehrt, ensprechend, moechte
man behaupten, dass das Verfehlen (failure) das Inwendige
vom Oeffentlichen zu unterscheiden der Ethik eine
undurchbrechbare (insurmountable) Schranke setzt, Conversely
one might claim tghat the failure to distinguish teh
subjective from the objective factors has created an
insurmountable barrier to our understanding of how we should
act and of how we in fact do act.

     The parallels between epistemology and ethics in this
regard are striking.  Just as in science we are able to
amass and interpret a large amount, a great deal of factual
data without the awareness of ones subjectivity, yet the
final understanding of its meaning remains outstanding until
one is able to reconcile it with its subjective meaning.
Similarly one may be an expert on human behavior from the
perspective of the anthropologist, sociologist psychologist,
or lawyer, without the awareness of ones subjectivity, yet
the final understanding of its meaning remains outstanding
until one is able to reconcile it with its subjective
meaning.


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