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16Der individualisierte Lebenslauf als Modus moralischer VerletzungIn Alfred Dunshirn, Elisabeth Nemeth & Gerhard Unterthurner (eds.), Crossing Borders. Grenzen (Über)Denken. Beiträge Zum 9. Internationalen Kongress der Österreichischen Gesellschaft Für Philosophie in Wien, Österreichische Gesellschaft Für Philosophie. pp. 609--618. 2012.
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1Social Policy and Justice for ChildrenIn Johannes Drerup, Gunter Graf, Christoph Schickhardt & Gottfried Schweiger (eds.), Justice, education and the politics of childhood: challenges and perspectives, Springer. pp. 101-114. 2016.Empirical evidence clearly shows that child poverty is a growing concern in the industrialized world and that the well-being of children is deeply affected by growing up in poverty in at least two ways. On the one hand, a low socioeconomic status jeopardizes the access to goods and services that are necessary for the current well-being of children. On the other hand, growing up in poverty also, in various ways, negatively affects the well-being in later life. On the basis of the capability appro…Read more
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732Unemployment, recognition and meritocracyLas Torres de Lucca: Revista Internacional de Filosofía Política 3 (4): 37-61. 2014.Unemployment is one of the greatest social problems all around the world including in modern capitalistic welfare states. Therefore its social critique is a necessary task for any critical social philosophy such as Axel Honneth's recognition approach, which understands social justice in terms of social conditions of recognition. This paper aims to develop an evaluation of unemployment and its moral weight from this perspective. I will lay out the recognition approach and present a moral evaluati…Read more
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1037Recognition and Social Exclusion. A recognition-theoretical Exploration of Poverty in EuropeEthical Perspectives 20 (4): 529-554. 2013.Thus far, the recognition approach as described in the works of Axel Honneth has not systematically engaged with the problem of poverty. To fill this gap, the present contribution will focus on poverty conceived as social exclusion in the context of the European Union and probe its moral significance. It will show that this form of social exclusion is morally harmful and wrong from the perspective of the recognition approach. To justify this finding, social exclusion has to fulfil three conditio…Read more
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57Social Justice and Professional SportsInternational Journal of Applied Philosophy 28 (2): 373-389. 2014.In this paper I examine the relation of social justice and professional sports. I discuss two interrelated key ideas of social justice: equality of opportunity, and the just distribution of income and social status according to the principle of desert. I sketch what they both could mean in the context of professional sports and conclude that social justice should be implemented accordingly. This includes measures to equal the chances of becoming a professional athlete, the regulation of their in…Read more
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40Ethical Issues in Poverty Alleviation (edited book)Springer. 2016.This book explores the philosophical, and in particular ethical, issues concerning the conceptualization, design and implementation of poverty alleviation measures from the local to the global level. It connects these topics with the ongoing debates on social and global justice, and asks what an ethical or normative philosophical perspective can add to the economic, political, and other social science approaches that dominate the main debates on poverty alleviation. Divided into four sections, t…Read more
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19Poverty and the Political Powerlessness of ChildrenAstrolabio 19 111-122. 2017.Children are affected by poverty more often than adults, and growing up in poverty has severe and long-lasting negative consequences for a child’s well-being. How-ever, children are also in a very weak position, both to escape poverty on their own and to publicly and politically enforce their claims to a better life. Accordingly, children living in poverty are victims of two intersecting forms of powerlessness: they are children and they are poor. In this article, we analyze this particular type…Read more
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35Einleitung: Kindheit und GerechtigkeitZeitschrift für Praktische Philosophie 2 (1). 2015.Beschäftigt man sich systematisch mit der Konzeption von Gerechtigkeit für Kinder bzw. während der Kindheit, ist es hilfreich, drei verschiedene Fragen zu klären, die normalerweise in Hinblick auf Erwachsene diskutiert werden, doch auch für eine genauere Analyse der Ansprüche von Kindern relevant sind. Welche Güter sind für die Gerechtigkeitstheorie relevant? Nach welchen Prinzipien sollen diese Güter verteilt werden? Wer ist dafür verantwortlich, dass die angestrebte Güterverteilung verwirklich…Read more
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1Arbeit im StrukturwandelIn Menschenwã¼Rdiges Arbeiten. Eine Herausforderung Fã¼R Gesellschaft, Politik Und Wissenschaft, Vs Verlag Fuìr Sozialwissenschaften. pp. 39--71. 2009.
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13Philosophical Explorations of Justice and Taxation: National and Global Issues (edited book)Springer. 2015.This volume presents philosophical contributions examining questions of the grounding and justification of taxation and different types of taxes such as inheritance, wealth, consumption or income tax in relation to justice and the concept of a just society. The chapters cover the different levels at which the discussion on taxation and justice takes place: On the principal level, chapters investigate the justification and grounding of taxation as such and the role taxation plays and should play …Read more
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22The Subjective Experience of PovertySATS 15 (2): 148-167. 2014.What significance should the subjective experiences of poor people have in a normative philosophical critique of poverty? In this paper, we take up this question and answer it by looking at two different normative theories: the capability approach of Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum and the recognition approach of Axel Honneth. While Sen and Nussbaum are largely quite reluctant toward the role of subjective experiences of poor people, the recognition approach views them as central for its social …Read more
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430Globalizing Recognition. Global Justice and the Dialectic of RecognitionPublic Reason 4 (1-2): 78-91. 2012.The question I want to answer is if and how the recognition approach, taken from the works of Axel Honneth, could be an adequate framework for addressing the problems of global justice and poverty. My thesis is that such a globalization of the recognition approach rests on the dialectic of relative and absolute elements of recognition. (1) First, I will discuss the relativism of the recognition approach, that it understands recognition as being relative to a certain society or a set of instituti…Read more
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56Recognition theory and global povertyJournal of Global Ethics 10 (3): 267-273. 2014.So far, recognition theory has focused its attention on modern capitalism and its formation in richer Western societies and has neglected issues of global poverty. A brief sketch of Axel Honneth's recognition theory precedes an examination of how the theory can contribute to a better understanding of global poverty, and justice in relation to poverty. I wish to highlight five ways in which recognition theory can enrich our inventory of theories dealing with global poverty and justice: It emphasi…Read more
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11Naturphilosophie bei Plessner und HegelIn Hamid Riza Yusufi, Hermann-Josef Scheidgen & Henk Oosterling (eds.), Von der Hermeneutik Zur Interkulturellen Philosophie : Festschrift Für Heinz Kimmerle Zum 80. Geburtstag, Traugott Bautz. pp. 245--263. 2010.
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7Dialektische Naturphilosophie: Geschichte - Probleme - PerspektivenPeter Lang. 2011.Wer von Naturphilosophie spricht, kann vielerlei meinen. Sie kann als Form der eigenstandigen Naturerkenntnis auftreten, als Reflexion auf die Naturwissenschaften oder sich dem Verhaltnis von Mensch und Natur zuwenden. Dabei steht Naturphilosophie immer auch in einem Spannungsverhaltnis zu den Naturwissenschaften. Die Diskussion historischer Konzepte der dialektischen Naturphilosophie wird in diesem Buch daher zusammengefuhrt mit dem Versuch ihrer systematischen Reaktualisierung."
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63Ethics and the Endangerment of Children's BodiesPalgrave Macmillan. 2017.This book addresses the endangerment of children’s bodies in affluent societies. Bodily integrity is an important part of a child’s physical and mental well-being, but it can also be violated through various threats during childhood; not only affecting physical health but also causing mental damage and leading to distortions in the development of the self. The authors give an account of three areas, which present different serious dangers: (1) body and eating, (2) body and sexuality, and (3) bod…Read more
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349Girlhood and Ethics: The Role of Bodily IntegrityGirlhood Studies 9 (3). 2016.Our concern is with the ethical issues related to girlhood and bodily integrity—the right to be free from physical harm and harassment and to experience freedom and security in relation to the body. We defend agency, positive self-relations, and health as basic elements of bodily integrity and we advocate that this normative concept be used as a conceptual tool for the protection of the rights of girls. We assume the capability approach developed by Martha Nussbaum as an ethical framework that e…Read more
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Solidarität und die moderne ArbeitsgesellschaftIn Clemens Sedmak (ed.), Solidarität. Vom Wert der Gemeinschaft, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft. pp. 239--256. 2010.
University of Salzburg
PhD, 2008
Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Areas of Specialization
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Social and Political Philosophy |
Critical Theory |
Politics of Recognition |
Rights and Poverty |
Global Justice |
Ethics of Childhood |
Equality and Capabilities |
Areas of Interest
Applied Ethics |
Social and Political Philosophy |