Chart 10: Jürgen Habermas
Chart 10: Jürgen Habermas
Habermas's own developmental scheme, correlated against Wilber's basic-structures spine on one page, and presented at Habermas's own seven-stage resolution (idea of the good life / domain of validity / ethics) on the other — a different, more specific scheme than the coarser precon/con/postcon/post-postcon mapping used elsewhere.
Transcribed and cross-checked against the source page images
(library/2000-integral-psychology-images/00054.jpg-00055.jpg); draft, not yet
independently verified by a second pass. Table 1's source data is sparse at this image
resolution — presented at a coarser grouping than Chart 1
rather than guessing fine row boundaries.
Individual identity and level of communication
| Level | Self-label | Individual's identity | Level of communication |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phantasmic-emotional / rep-mind | Bodyego | Natural, identity | Actions and consequences of actions |
| Conop | Persona | Role, identity | Systems of norms |
| Formop | Ego | Ego, identity | Principles |
| Postformal (vision-logic) | Centaur | Identity | — |
The idea of the good life, domain of validity, and ethics
Habermas's own seven-stage sequence.
| # | Idea of the good life | Domain of validity | Ethics |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hedonism under obedience | Nature and social environment | Naive hedonism |
| 2 | Hedonism under exchange | ||
| 3 | Concrete morality / primary groups | Group of primary reference persons | — |
| 4 | Concrete morality / secondary groups | Members of the political community | Specific order |
| 5 | Civil liberties, legal freedom | All legal associates | Rational natural law |
| 6 | Moral freedom | All humans as private persons | Formalistic ethics |
| 7 | Political freedom | All humans as world citizens | Universal ethics of speech |
See Also
- Jürgen Habermas — the person page, with excerpts on where Wilber thinks this scheme succeeds (all-quadrant) and falls short (not all-level)
- Chart 1: Wilber Correlations — the basic-structures spine Table 1 correlates against
