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The true root of conflict is the management of power. Power and dependence are two sides of the same coin. So power is an essential prerequisite for ethics and a certain conception of the extent and nature of communicative power is necessary.
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© 1992 Niels Thomassen
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Thomassen, N. (1992). Communicative Power. In: Communicative Ethics in Theory and Practice. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22162-2_4
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