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    Articles choisis
    with Ruedi Imbach
    Saint-Paul. 1996.
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    This article studies the reception of Christian Wolff's theory of the civitas maxima by Hermann Friedrich Kahrel (1719-1787) and Michael Hanov (1695-1773). According to his previous work mentioned in the article (n. 2), the author considers the concept of civitas maxima as a methodological innovation. It is the normative fiction of a presumed rational consensus of mankind and of the states. As the article tries to show, this concept was misunderstood, not only by the enemies of Wolff but also by…Read more
  •  10
    The people in deliberative democracy
    with Samantha Besson and Jose Luis Martí
    In Applied legal philosophy, . pp. 159-179. 2006.
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    Proclus politisé: La réception politique de Proclus au moyen âge tardif
    Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie 78 (1): 11-26. 1996.
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    Der kosmopolitische Republikanismus: Erläutert am Beispiel Anacharsis Cloots'
    Zeitschrift für Philosophische Forschung 58 (3). 2004.
    Der Artikel erläutert mit dem kosmopolitischen Republikanismus einen Aspekt, der in der nationalstaatlich fixierten und meist euroskeptischen Republikanismus-Forschung vernachlässigt worden ist, aber in der frühen Phase der Französischen Revolution eine wichtige Rolle spielte. In der Perspektive des hier vorliegenden Artikels erscheint der revolutionäre Republikanismus zumindest in seinen Anfängen nicht als Inbegriff nationalstaatlich gehegter Demokratie und Autonomie, sondern als kosmopolitisch…Read more
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    This paper assesses the theory, first voiced by Schelling and Kant, according to which an infinite historical process will lead to cosmopolitan institutions.The assessment will mainly be done on the basis of theories about infinitely repeated games. The first part of the paper reconstructs “infinitesimal” historical cosmopolitanism as proposed by Schelling and Kant. The second part confronts this position with the results of the theory of infinitely repeated games among groups. The third part of…Read more
  • Thomas Von aquin: Über die einheit Des geistes - "de unitate intellectus" und über die bewegung Des herzens - "de motu cordis" (review)
    Freiburger Zeitschrift für Philosophie Und Theologie 36 (n/a): 199-204. 1989.
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    Conservatism, analytically reconsidered
    with Martin Https://Orcidorg Beckstein
    The Monist 99 (4): 333-335. 2016.
    This special issue is motivated by the observation that conservatism plays a marginal role in contemporary philosophy even though it appears to be of considerable importance in moral, social, and political reality. One reason for this neglect is that defenders of conservatism have often refrained from articulating their arguments in a language that is acceptable to and understandable by analytically -trained philosophers. The contributions of this special issue show that conservatism can profita…Read more
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    The normative theory of multilateral democratic integration starts within the context of liberal peoples engaged in the common realization of rights, freedoms, and life chances for their citizens while seeking to preserve self-government and popular sovereignty. The point argued in the paper is that the fair terms of multilateral democratic integration must be determined by an integrated original position of citizen and people representatives choosing basic principles of liberal multilateralism.…Read more
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    Multilateral democracy: The "original position"
    Journal of Social Philosophy 39 (1). 2008.
  •  40
    The original constitution of the dêmos by democratic means is a fundamental problem for normative democratic theory. In this paper, I make an assessment of different solutions to the dêmos problem that have been presented in recent literature. I find that none of them is adequate, and thus hold that the dêmos problem remains unresolved. At the end of the paper, I propose a constellation in which multiple dêmoi are thought to be constituted at the same time. I show that this leads to a mitigation…Read more
  • Prologe zu den Aristoteleskommentaren
    with Thomas von Aquin and Ruedi Imbach
    Tijdschrift Voor Filosofie 59 (3): 584-584. 1997.
  • Philosophische Werke. Band 4. Das Gastmahl Iii: Buch Iii
    with Dante Alighieri and Thomas Ricklin
    Felix Meiner Verlag. 1998.
    Das dritte Buch ist dem Lob der Philosophie gewidmet und beinhaltet eine Glückseligkeitslehre. Im Anschluß an die Erörterungen des Namens und die Bestimmung der wahren Philosophie entwickelt Dante eine Konzeption, wonach die Gott eigene Erkenntnis als Erkenntnis der Dinge in ihm selbst, insofern er deren Ursache ist, ebenfalls als Philosophie zu gelten hat
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    Les nouveaux et nombreux défis de la constellation " postnationale " rendent plus actuelle que jamais une ancienne idée philosophique : le cosmopolitisme. Dans ses variantes modernes, celui-ci pose l'autonomie de l'individu humain comme norme fondamentale de toute construction politique. Le cosmopolitisme représente donc une alternative aussi bien au nationalisme qu'à la théorie normative d'un monde multipolaire de confrontations entre empires. L'ouvrage montre que le cosmopolitisme peut être co…Read more
  • Utrum omnia eveniant de necessitate. Textedition und Studie der gleichnamigen Quaestio von Thaddeus von Parma
    Freiburger Zeitschrift für Philosophie Und Theologie 35 (n/a): 175-199. 1988.
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    An Ethical View on Remittances and Labor Migration
    with Johan Rochel
    Global Justice: Theory Practice Rhetoric 5 16-30. 2012.
    The present contribution defends that remittances should be taken into account and integrated into an ethical framework on migration. This main thesis is two-fold. First, we argue that if a normative approach to migration is to claim practical relevance, it should integrate remittances as a relevant empirical parameter into an ethical framework. The empirical assessment of the scientific evidence available on remittances therefore proves to be extremely important. Secondly, assuming that remitta…Read more
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    The case for demoicracy in the European Union
    with Frank Schimmelfennig
    . 2013.
    The debate on the European Union's democratic deficit usually operates within a national-democratic framework of analysis. This article argues for a change in methodology. It follows the thesis that the EU is a ‘demoicracy’– a polity of multiple demoi– and has to be evaluated as such. Core principles of demoicracy are developed and the EU is assessed accordingly. Such an evaluation is not only more adequate, but also provides original insights: it is found that, whereas the constitutional develo…Read more
  •  40
    Mind the Gap
    Journal of Philosophical Research 37 (9999): 263-267. 2012.
    Globalization stands for systemic integration, mainly economical and technological. It is related to the expansion of the free market economy, trade, and the global integration of systems of communication and information technology. As such, globalization co-exists with strong cultural affirmations of individual and collective difference and with political fragmentation. Cosmopolitanism needs to take into consideration cultural and political conditions of human existence. The cosmopolitan impera…Read more
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    Editorial
    with Christoph Laszlo
    Analyse & Kritik 35 (1): 1-8. 2013.
  • Bibliographie zu Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1995 - 1997, mit einer kurzen Einführung
    Freiburger Zeitschrift für Philosophie Und Theologie 46 (1/2): 263-285. 1999.
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    In dieser Schrift begründet Dante die Priorität der Volks- und Muttersprache vor der lateinischen Gelehrtensprache und fordert eine italienische Hochsprache. Er untermauert seine Ausführungen durch eine anthropologische Erörterung der menschlichen Sprachfähigkeit. Dank einer originellen Interpretation des biblischen Mythos vom Turmbau von Babel legt er eine vernünftig begründete Neubewertung der Vielfalt und der historischen Entwicklung der Sprachen vor. Das Problem der Sprache stellt sich im De…Read more