The Role of Instrumental Reason and Communicative Rationality in Habermas's Philosophy

There are rational steps that can be taken to achieve seemingly ridiculous goals/nInstrumental reason can lead to the mistaking of rational processes for desirable outcomes/nThe Enlightenment's reliance on instrumental reason led to the chaos of the twentieth century/nHistory has shown that the ends we're trying to achieve can be co-opted by a single thinker or group/nPostmodernists deconstructed grand narratives to highlight individual perspectives/nHabermas seeks to combine individual perspectives through intersubjectivity/nPragmatism and communicative rationality are key aspects of Habermas's approach