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78Selbstbestimmter Wille und das Recht auf assistierten SuizidEthik in der Medizin 29 (2): 97-107. 2017.ZusammenfassungIm Blick auf ein Recht auf assistierten Suizid ist nicht nur umstritten, ob es ein solches Recht gibt, es ist auch umstritten, worauf ein solches Recht denn ein Recht wäre. Der vorliegende Artikel versucht deutlich zu machen, dass das, worum es in dieser Diskussion um den selbstbestimmten Suizid geht, die Frage ist, was Entscheidungen von Menschen achtungswürdig macht. Der Artikel plädiert für eine Idee von Achtungswürdigkeit, für welche die selbstbestimmte Ausübung von Rechten üb…Read more
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26Wird die Moral von uns geschaffen?In Katharina Neges, Josef Mitterer, Sebastian Kletzl & Christian Kanzian (eds.), Realism - Relativism - Constructivism: Proceedings of the 38th International Wittgenstein Symposium in Kirchberg, De Gruyter. pp. 365-378. 2017.It is a widely shared view that moral norms are the outcome of our volitional activity. In this paper it is argued that this view should be rejected. It is shown that none of the proposals to understand moral norms as created by volitional activities are convincing. Moral norms are neither the outcome of demands nor the result of hypothetical agreements. This is, it is argued, what distinguishes moral from other norms such as legal and institutional norms.
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45Kann eine Handlung, in die eingewilligt wurde, moralisch falsch sein?Zeitschrift für Philosophische Forschung 70 (4): 477-492. 2016.Consent makes acts permissible that would otherwise be impermissible. But how is this done by consent? And can any act be made permissible, or are there acts that are morally wrong even if affected persons have given their consent? These two questions are related – only by answering how consent makes acts permissible in general will we be able to answer questions about the possible limits of consent. Consent, it will be argued, does not make acts permissible by excluding reasons speaking against…Read more
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56Instrumentalisierung und WürdeMentis. 2010.Für viele stellt das Instrumentalisierungsverbot, wonach man andere Menschen nie blo als Mittel behandeln darf, eine fundamentale moralische Wahrheit dar. Dieses Buch ist der Versuch, diese Ansicht näher zu fassen und zu begründen. Das Instrumentalisierungsverbot spielt nicht nur in unserer Alltagsmoral, sondern auch in moraltheoretischen Diskussionen eine wichtige Rolle. Verschiedenste Praktiken werden mit der Begründung als unzulässig kritisiert, dass mit ihnen Menschen instrumentalisiert würd…Read more
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194Democracy and Environmental Decision-MakingEnvironmental Values 8 (1): 75-88. 1999.It has been argued that environmental decision-making can be improved be introducing citizen panels. The authors argue that citizen panels and other models of citizen participation should only be used as a consulting forum in exceptional cases at the local level, not as a real decision-making procedure. But many problems in the field of environmental policy need nonlocal, at least regional or national, regulation due to the fact that they are of national impor-tance. The authors argue that there…Read more
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110Human Rights and Basic NeedsIn Peter Schaber, Marion Albers, Thomas Hoffmann & Reinhardt Jörn (eds.), Ius Gentium, . pp. 109-120. 2014.
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107Wieso moralische Achtung wichtig istAnalyse & Kritik 31 (2): 351-361. 2009.Bittner argues in his paper that the idea of a general duty to respect persons is of much less importance than some moral philosophers think. If respect plays a role in our lives it is mainly appriciation respect persons have to merit. Respecting persons as such is, Bittner thinks, not just irrelevant, but also incompatibel with personal relations. Against this it is argued that respect for persons should be seen as the basic moral duty we have towards persons. And in addition, it is argued, tha…Read more
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67Sind alle Werte vergleichbar?: Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse und das InkommensurabilitätsproblemAnalyse & Kritik 16 (2): 153-165. 1994.Are the values of different options and goods, as cost-benefit analysis assumes, commensurable? Not always. The incommensurability of certain options is based on the fact that preferences are sometimes not rankable, even if the agent is fully informed about the options in question. In addition, even if all values were commensurable they could not be compared in monetary terms. If this is the case, cost-benefit analysis should not be seen as a decision procedure.
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77Good and Right as Non-Natural PropertiesIn Normativity and Naturalism, De Gruyter. pp. 105-120. 2004.
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368Two concepts of dignity for humans and non-human organisms in the context of genetic engineeringJournal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 13 (1): 7-27. 2000.The 1992 incorporation of an article by referendum in the SwissConstitution mandating that the federal government issue regulations onthe use of genetic material that take into account the dignity ofnonhuman organism raises philosophical questions about how we shouldunderstand what is meant by ``the dignity of nonhuman animals,'' andabout what sort of moral demands arise from recognizing this dignitywith respect to their genetic engineering. The first step in determiningwhat is meant is to clari…Read more
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80Normative HandlungsgründeAnalyse & Kritik 21 (1): 25-40. 1999.It is a widely held view in moral philosophy that reasons for action are based on desires. This view should be rejected. Reasons for action are never provided by desires. Desires provide us with motives, whereas reasons for action are based on valuable facts which obtain independently of our desires. The recognition of these reasons does not necessarily motivate us. Motives depend on desires, for instance the motive for moral actions on the desire to do the morally right thing.
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95Human rights without foundations?In Gerhard Ernst & Jan-Christoph Heilinger (eds.), he Philosophy of Human Rights, De Gruyter. pp. 61-72. 2012.
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98Altruism and the Indispensability of MotivesAnalyse & Kritik 27 (1): 188-196. 2005.In this paper we examine Fehr’s notions of “altruism”, “strong reciprocity” and “altruistic punishment” and query his ascription of altruism. We suggest that, pace Fehr, altruism cannot be defined behaviourally because the definition of altruism must refer to the motives of actors. We also advert to certain inconsistencies in Fehr’s usage of his terms and we question his explanation of altruism in terms of ‘social preferences’.
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Analytische MoralphilosophieRevue Philosophique de la France Et de l'Etranger 189 (3): 423-423. 1999.
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80Humanitäre Intervention als moralische PflichtArchiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie 92 (3): 295-303. 2006.Some authors think that humanitarian interventions are always morally wrong. Others think that they are sometimes justified. In this paper, I argue that the international community has a moral duty to humanitarian intervention when it comes to mass murder, mass rape, genocide, ethnic cleansing, and deliberate starvation. It is argued that we all have good reasons to endorse an intervention norm protecting basic rights.
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147Achtung vor PersonenZeitschrift für Philosophische Forschung 61 (4). 2007.Es geht in diesem Aufsatz um die Frage, was es heißt, eine andere Person zu achten. Im Zentrum steht dabei die moralische Achtung, nicht die Achtung im Sinne der Wertschätzung einer anderen Person. Ein wohlfahrts- und ein autonomietheoretisches Verständnis moralischer Achtung werden dargestellt und zurückgewiesen. Es wird für ein Verständnis moralischer Achtung argumentiert, wonach eine Person genau dann geachtet wird, wenn ihr authentischer Wille ernst genommen wird. Die Achtung schulden wir da…Read more
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83Was bedeutet es, die Autonomie anderer zu respektieren?Archiv Für Rechts- Und Sozialphilosphie 102 (2): 174-185. 2016.To respect the autonomous choices of persons is an important moral principle. There is, however, little agreement about its nature and its normative importance. This is due to the fact that the concept of autonomy as well as the moral relevance of autonomy are contested. It is argued in this paper that the debate about autonomy is at its core a debate about the reasons for respecting decisions. Decisions of persons are to be respected as their decisions, and they have to be respected as determin…Read more
Areas of Interest
| Applied Ethics |
| Normative Ethics |