Habermas Paradigms

In class we discussed Habermas' paradigms. Habermas paradigms has three concepts to it
  1. Empirical- analytic which is the scientific approach
  2. Situational interpretive which is subjective and concerned with a persons experiences
  3. Critical thinking, the way we see thing represents a dominant theory of the group there is much more under the surface

We were asked to take an issue that deals with human sexuality and use one of Habermas paradigms to describe it.  I choose the issue of birth control and safe sex.  When thinking about this issue from the critical  thinking perspective there are many different beliefs that people in Canadian culture are having sex before marriage.  It is important that we teach them to practice safe sex, by using condoms and birth control and  to educate our children about the issues that face them if they do not practice safe sex.  While other including many religious groups believe that we should teach our kids to sustain form sex completely till marriage.  If they stubstain from sex till marry they don't need to worry about unplanned pregnancy's or contacting a sexually transmitted infection.