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21Die Grundsätze der GerechtigkeitIn Otfried Höffe (ed.), John Rawls: Eine Theorie der Gerechtigkeit, Akademie Verlag. pp. 41-64. 2006.
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13Zur Sozialgeschichte der Gerechtigkeit in der NeuzeitZeitschrift für Praktische Philosophie 1 (1): 11-50. 2014.Der Beitrag verfolgt das Ziel, die Entwicklung der Idee der Gerechtigkeit in der Neuzeit im Kontext des sozialen Wandels zu erhellen. Zu diesem Zweck wird nach einer einleitenden Erörterung des dieser Idee zugrundeliegenden Gerechtigkeitsbegriffs zuerst das Projekt einer vertragstheoretischen Begründung einer gerechten staatlichen Ordnung in der frühen Neuzeit vor dem Hintergrund des Herausbildung des modernen Staates behandelt. Im Anschluss werden die theoretischen Leitideen und gesellschaftlic…Read more
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19The Concept of Law and Its ConceptionsRatio Juris 19 (2): 180-196. 2006.In this paper, I make an attempt to look for a thin and general concept of law that, as far as possible, should be neutral to the more substantial views of legal moralism and legal positivism, so that it is acceptable from both points of view. With this aim in view, I shall begin with a few remarks on concept formation and name a list of necessary requirements on an appropriate concept of law. On this basis, I intend to discuss a number of contemporary legal theories in view to their respective …Read more
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Jürgen Habermas über Moral, Staat und Politik: Anmerkungen zu „Die Einbeziehung des Anderen"Zeitschrift für Philosophische Forschung 52 (2). 1998.
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39Ernst Tugendhat über Menschenrechte- Kontroverse BemerkungenAnalyse & Kritik 15 (2): 115-119. 1993.In this critical comment on Ernst Tugendhat's paper I dispute his view in two respects: the first refers to the concept, the second to the justification of human rights. As far as the concept of human rights is concerned, I argue that Tugendhat fails to notice that there are different kinds of human rights which are to be distinguished carefully. This conceptual failure prevents him from seeing that different human rights are justified by different reasons. While universal human rights can be ju…Read more
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14Jürgen Habermas: Faktizität und Geltung (edited book)Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KGJürgen Habermas’ Werk Faktizität und Geltung. Beiträge zur Diskurstheorie des Rechts und des demokratischen Rechtsstaats (1992) verdient aus zwei Gründen besonderes Interesse: Erstens gehört es zu den Hauptwerken dieses bedeutenden Philosophen, der darin eine neue Begründung der Prinzipien des demokratischen Rechtsstaats, zugleich aber auch eine Summe seiner sozialtheoretischen und ethischen Denkens (Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns und Diskursethik) präsentiert; und zweitens ist dieses Werk …Read more
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18Work and Social JusticeAnalyse & Kritik 31 (1): 5-24. 2009.In advanced societies, the sphere of work is subject to far-reaching changes which erode the system of gainful employment achieved in the second half of the last century, called ‘typical work’, i.e. full-time employment for an indefinite period with collectively negotiated wages and working conditions. This development has lead to a proliferation of various kinds of ‘atypical work’, most of which amount to poorly rewarded and insecure jobs with bad labour standards, and it has also weakened the …Read more
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Menschen- Und Bürgerrechte Aus Ethischer PerspektiveJahrbuch für Recht Und Ethik 3. 1995.The relationship between human rights and civil rights is twofold: on the one hand these rights can be viewed as forming a unity, and on the other there is a significant difference between them. The unity of human and civil rights is based upon the widely shared view that both are fundamental and universal rights, inherent to all human beings without regard to any contingent factors. This unity, however, is weakened by the division of our world into a plurality of separate and independent states…Read more
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14International law and global JusticeIn Lukas H. Meyer (ed.), Legitimacy, Justice and Public International Law, Cambridge Univeristy Press. pp. 186. 2009.
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9Die neuen VertragstheorienIn Karl Ballestrem & Henning Ottmann (eds.), Politische Philosophie des 20. Jahrhunderts, De Gruyter. pp. 281-306. 1990.
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32On the interrelations between domestic and global (in)justiceCritical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 13 (1): 137-158. 2010.My paper consists of two parts. The first part deals with the fundamental normative standards of domestic social justice on the one hand and global justice on the other, standards that are requisite in order to identify injustices on both levels. On this basis, the second part focuses on the interrelations between domestic social justice and global justice with particular attention to the interdependencies between domestic and global injustices.
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Technische Entwicklung, gesellschaftlicher Fortschritt und soziale Gerechtigkeit - Am Beispiel der HumangenomforschungJahrbuch für Recht Und Ethik 7. 1999.
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Klugheit, praktische Vernunft und MoralJahrbuch für Recht Und Ethik 13. 2005.Since antiquity, prudence has been esteemed as an important guideline of reasonable human conduct and even as a cardinal virtue. There are, however, controversies about what it means and demands. In ancient and medieval philosophy, prudence was understood in a very wide sense as the comprehensive capacity to act in a well-considered way on the basis of best reasons, including moral reasons. By contrast, in modern philosophy it has often been interpreted in a much narrower sense as individuals' p…Read more
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25Facetten der MachtAnalyse & Kritik 13 (2): 107-133. 1991.Social power has many facets. This paper aims to illuminate some of these. First of all, it considers the general conceptual framework in which the concept of power is embedded. The author then elaborates on an analysis of the elementary concept of social power resulting in a proposal how to define power. Furthermore, the article deals with complex networks of power relations, namely constellations and structures of power. Another section focuses on some special aspects of the dynamics of power …Read more
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Politische Ziele und juristische Argumentation. Symposium der Internationalen Vereinigung für Rechts-und Sozialphilosophie 11. Bis 12. Oktober 2002 in Graz (review)Tijdschrift Voor Filosofie 66 (3): 609-609. 2004.
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81On the Nature of NormsRatio Juris 27 (2): 155-175. 2014.This paper deals with the question of how norms are to be conceived of in order to understand their role as guidelines for human action within various normative orders, particularly in the context of law on the one hand and conventional morality on the other. After some brief remarks on the history of the term “norm,” the author outlines the most significant general features of actually existing social norms, including legal and conventional norms, from which he arrives at two basic requirements…Read more
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7I. Recht als Kategorie der Vermittlung zwischen Faktizität und GeltungIn Christian Hiebaum & Peter Koller (eds.), Jürgen Habermas: Faktizität und Geltung, Walter De Gruyter Gmbh & Co Kg. pp. 21-36
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3Eine Neue, Dialogische Theorie Der Sozialen Gerechtigkeit (review)Grazer Philosophische Studien 18 (1): 146-169. 1982.
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40Von der Vergeblichkeit des Bemühens, die Ethik auf eine Vorstellung intrinsischer Werte zu gründenGrazer Philosophische Studien 28 (1): 275-300. 1986.Einer der interessantesten der vielfältigen Versuche, die Ethik auf ein festes Fundament zu stellen, ist die Konzeption intrinsischer Werte, die Vorstellung, daß eine objektive Begründung der Ethik vermöge einer intuitiven Erkenntnis des inneren Werts der Dinge möglich sei. Doch diese Vorstellung, die in neuerer Zeit vor allem von Franz Brentano und G.E. Moore vertreten wurde und die heute in Roderick Chisholm ihren prominentesten Anhänger hat, ist nicht zielführend. Dies zu demonstrieren, ist d…Read more
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Law, morality, and virtueIn Rebecca L. Walker & Philip J. Ivanhoe (eds.), Working virtue: virtue ethics and contemporary moral problems, Oxford University Press. 2007.
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Areas of Interest
Normative Ethics |
Philosophy of Law |