On the Death of Jurgen Habermas - by Cass Sunstein

A Day to Mourn, A Hero to Celebrate

On the Death of Jurgen Habermas A Day to Mourn, A Hero to Celebrate Cass Sunstein Mar 14, 2026 190 3 50 Share 1 Jurgen Habermas died today, near Munich. He was one of the titans. Cass’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe In sports, you might say, with a certain tone of voice: Magic, or MJ, or LeBron. In philosophy, or academia more generally, you say, with that same tone of voice: Habermas. 2 A long time ago, as a young law professor, I was walking with John Rawls. (What a privilege; surre

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