ABSTRACT
This chapter explains the inconsistencies in which Gadamer is entangled in the course of explicating the scientific character of practical philosophy. From a phenomenological point of view, one explains the statement that the theoretical analyses and descriptions provided by practical philosophy should reflect the 'universals' manifested in moral experience itself. Within the phenomenological tradition, it is commonly recognized that focusing on the concept of ethos and its social limitations is equivalent to undermining Heidegger's hope for an authentic self. Consequently, the vocabulary of ethos should not disguise the fact that, according to Gadamer, practical rationality is considered nothing more than a kind of knowledge regarding the being of the moral agent himself. For the accumulated moral experiences of different ethical situations and demands and practical philosophy each intensifies the agent's capacity to detect the significant moral features of a given situation.
