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    Human Rights and Basic Needs
    with Marion Albers, Thomas Hoffmann, and Reinhardt Jörn
    In Ius Gentium, . pp. 109-120. 2014.
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    Externe Handlungsgründe
    In Ulla Wessels & Georg Meggle (eds.), Analyōmen 1 =, De Gruyter. pp. 842-849. 1994.
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    Achtung vor der Würde von Personen
    Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie 57 (1): 169-173. 2009.
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    Was 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
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    Analytic ethics in German philosophy
    with Anna Kusser and Klaus-Peter Rippe
    Cogito 8 (3): 264-267. 1994.
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    The so-called resource curse raises moral issues. Who, if anyone, is morally responsible for it? This article argues that this question amounts to: who is blameworthy for the violations of people's property rights? The international oil companies are blameworthy for the violations of property rights only in the case of complicity, not in the normal purchase case. Yet the international community has to take action against massive violations of property rights. The article discusses different meas…Read more
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    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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    Humanitäre Intervention als moralische Pflicht
    Archiv 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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    Dignity Only for Humans? On the Inherent Value of Non-Human Beings
    with Marcus Düwell, Jens Braarvig, Roger Brownsword, and Dietmar Mieth
    In Schaber, Peter (2014). Dignity Only for Humans? On the Inherent Value of Non-Human Beings. In: Düwell, Marcus; Braarvig, Jens; Brownsword, Roger; Mieth, Dietmar. The Cambridge Handbook of Human Dignity. Cambridge MA: Cambridge University Press, 546-550, . pp. 546-550. 2014.
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    Democracy and Environmental Decision-Making
    with Klaus Peter Rippe
    Environmental 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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    While the importance of Consent has been discussed widely over the last few decades, interest in its study has received renewed attention in recent years, particularly regarding medical treatment, clinical research and sexual acts. The Routledge Handbook of the Ethics of Consent is an outstanding reference source to this exciting subject and the first collection of its kind. Comprising over thirty chapters by a team of international contributors the Handbook is divided into five main parts: Gene…Read more
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    Two concepts of dignity for humans and non-human organisms in the context of genetic engineering
    with Philipp Balzer and Klaus Peter Rippe
    Journal 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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    Achtung vor Personen
    Zeitschrift 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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    Altruism and the Indispensability of Motives
    with Mark S. Peacock and Michael Schefczyk
    Analyse & 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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    Humanitäre Intervention als moralische Pflicht
    Archiv 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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    Demanding something
    Grazer Philosophische Studien 90 (1): 63-77. 2014.
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    From the editors
    with Richard Haynes, Frans W. A. Brom, and Jan Elliott
    Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 13 (1-2): 1-5. 2000.
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    Normative Handlungsgründe
    Analyse & 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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    Menschenwürde: ein für die Medizinethik irrelevanter Begriff?
    Ethik in der Medizin 24 (4): 297-306. 2012.
    ZusammenfassungEs wurde für die These argumentiert, dass der Begriff der Würde in der Medizinethik nutzlos sei und in den Fällen, in denen er verständlich verwendet wird, nichts anderes meint als den Respekt vor der Autonomie von Personen. In diesem Aufsatz soll gezeigt werden, dass diese These falsch ist. Es wird ein Begriff von Würde vorgestellt, der sich nicht auf den Begriff des Respekts vor der Autonomie von Personen reduzieren lässt. Anhand der Diskussion um ein Sterben in Würde soll auch …Read more
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    Book Review (review)
    Economics and Philosophy 14 (2): 357-362. 1998.
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    Wieso moralische Achtung wichtig ist
    Analyse & 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