Abstract

T o educate citizens for democra c y appears to be the goal of pluralist societies, but not for a n y fo r m of democratic o r ganization, but for one that understands that the ex ercise of personal autono m y and the training of the will through the l o gic of dial o gue are indispensa b le. T o reach this goal, it seems necessa r y to cult i v ate human capital (technical skills and kn o wledge), social capital (social skills) and the p r udence to d e v elop a good life. But not on l y that, also needed is a sense of justice, e x ercised within the fram e w ork of mutual rec o gnition in the fram e w ork of a dial o gue that is built not on l y on l o gic but also on sentiment. T o spell out these points is the aim of this a r ticle