In jürgen habermas' ideal speech situation, only those with the knowledge of and respect for the controlling ideology of a society should be allowed to participate in a debate.
a) true
b) false

The correct answer is : False

Explanation:

It is false because the participants would be able to evaluate each other’s assertions. They would be motivated by the desire of getting a rational consensus. The doctrine is based on the fact that everyone can question any assertion. It also says that every person with the ability to speak and act is permitted to be and take part in a discourse.

there are no options provided but you can choose among the following gender-neutral pronouns: zir, hir, eir, vis, tem, eir.

in the normal course of maintaining a pronoun-antecedent agreement, we could have used the words his or her but since we are also required to use gender-neutral language, we need to replace it with its equivalent gender-neutral pronoun.