• Lebenskunst
    In Frauke Höntzsch (ed.), Mill-Handbuch: Leben – Werk – Wirkung, J.b. Metzler. pp. 295-299. 2024.
    Innerhalb des Gesamtsystems der praktischen Philosophie John Stuart Mills erfüllt der Begriff der Lebenskunst, oder der „art of life“ und der dazugehörigen „theory of life“, eine zentrale systematische Funktion. Die Abschnitte über die Kunst oder das Handwerk des Lebens haben in der Rezeption der Mill’schen Philosophie besondere Bedeutung, weil in ihnen Ansatzpunkte zu finden sind, mit denen sich die mitunter sehr disparaten Positionen Mills innerhalb der praktischen Philosophie in ein kohärente…Read more
  • The Subjection of Women (1869)
    In Frauke Höntzsch (ed.), Mill-Handbuch: Leben – Werk – Wirkung, J.b. Metzler. pp. 155-169. 2024.
    The Subjection of Women sollte nicht ohne Weiteres als Teil des Werks von John Stuart Mill behandelt werden. Wenn auch weniger explizit und emphatisch als Mill es etwa in der Vorbemerkung zu On Liberty festhält, bekräftigt er in seiner Autobiography den maßgeblichen Beitrag Harriet Taylor MillsTaylor, Harriet an der Entstehung von Subjection. Mill benennt Harriet zwar nicht als Mitverfasserin der Schrift, aber doch als Miturheberin der entwickelten Thesen und Argumente. Die Abhandlung, die Mill …Read more
  • Gründe der Solidarität
    Brill/Mentis. 2013.
    Solidarität ist kein genuiner Begriff der Moralphilosophie. Vielmehr findet sich der Verweis auf Solidarität meist in juristischen Normen, in soziologischen Theorien und in gemeinschaftlichen Appellen. Das Buch versucht, den systematischen Ort von Solidarität innerhalb der Moralphilosophie zu bestimmen. Diese Bestimmung zeigt auf, dass die Parteinahme, die in Gründen der Solidarität enthalten ist, nicht zwingend grundlegenden Anforderungen moralischer Allgemeinheit entgegensteht. Solidarität ver…Read more
  • Lebenskunst
    In Frauke Höntzsch (ed.), Mill-Handbuch: Leben – Werk – Wirkung, J.b. Metzler. pp. 295-299. 2024.
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    The Subjection of Women (1869)
    In Frauke Höntzsch (ed.), Mill-Handbuch: Leben – Werk – Wirkung, J.b. Metzler. pp. 155-169. 2024.
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    Can Kitcher avoid the naturalistic fallacy?
    with Dominik Düber, Tim Rojek, and Konstantin Schnieder
    In Marie Kaiser & Ansgar Seide (eds.), Philip Kitcher – Pragmatic Naturalism., Ontos. pp. 61. 2013.
  • Franz Petrys 1916 erschienene Abhandlung zum sozialen Gehalt der Marxschen Werttheorie widmet sich mit bemerkenswerter Klarheit der systematischen Bedeutung des Marxschen Wertbegriffs für die philosophische Analyse wirtschaftlicher Kooperation und der korrespondierenden gesellschaftlichen Verhältnisse. Die Abhandlung macht über diesen zentralen Begriff des Werts die Marxsche Sozialtheorie insgesamt und deren Konzeptionalisierung ökonomischer Geltungsrelationen zum Gegenstand. Petrys Auseinanders…Read more
  • The 'Solidum' in Solidarity
    On Education 4 (10). 2021.
    The article looks at competing conceptions of solidarity. The main focus lies on the universality or partisanship that is associated with moral obligations stemming from solidarity. It appears that the reference to a 'solidum', or a uniting commonality, is crucial to understanding solidarity. In the article, solidarity is defended as a morally significant relation that is wider and more inclusive than direct or intimate relations of friendship, love or loyalty, but simultaneously narrower and mo…Read more
  • This article is concerned with the structure of monetary denominations of economic value. Marx and Simmel analyze this structure by means of references to objects of mere catallactic validity. These objects are ontologically atypical insofar as they are particulars of the genus commodity. Understanding money through generic particulars elucidates the conceptual link between money as a unit of account and money as a means of payment. This initially perplexing idea captures a fundamental character…Read more
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    The article provides a moral analysis of the commercial trade of financial claims against private debtors. Secondary debt markets process a type of object that differs from regular commodities. The specificity of debt lies in its peculiar relationality that is in tension with its legal constitution as a commercial object, or with its treatment as a mere thing. The constitution of a credit claim presupposes a corresponding financial liability. Thus, debt relations are constituted by polar correla…Read more
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    The contribution examines Karl Polanyi’s analysis of the fictitiousness of the commodity description of money, and its suitability as a reference for the analysis of the commodification of money within contemporary markets for credit and finance. Any critique of the commodification of money that draws on Polanyi’s influential argument should distinguish between two fundamentally different meanings of the occurrence of money as a commodity: the institutional system that makes some commodity money…Read more
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    The Liberal Ironist between National Pride and Global Solidarity
    with Georg M. Kleemann, Andreas Kösters, Sebastian Laukötter, and David Schweikard
    In Attila Karakus & Andreas Vieth (eds.), Richard Rorty: His Philosophy Under Discussion, Verlag. pp. 55-64. 2005.
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    Introduction to the Special Issue on Demandingness in Practice
    Moral Philosophy and Politics 6 (1): 1-8. 2019.
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    Money for Blood and Markets for Blood
    HEC Forum 27 (4): 331-345. 2015.
    Ontario’s Bill 178 proposing a Voluntary Blood Donations Act declares the offer or acceptance of payment for the donation of blood a legal offence and makes it subject to penalty. The bill reinvigorates a fundamental debate about the ethical problems associated with the payment of money for blood. Scarcity of blood donors is a recurring problem in most health systems, and monetary remuneration of the willingness to donate blood is regularly discussed—and sometimes practiced—as a means to overcom…Read more
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    Geld und Preise
    In Ludger Heidbrink, Alexander Lorch & Verena Rauen (eds.), Handbuch Wirtschaftsphilosophie Iii: Praktische Wirtschaftsphilosophie, Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. pp. 169-184. 2021.
    Die Philosophie des Geldes und der Preise befasst sich mit sozialontologischen Fragen der Konstitution und Natur von Geldvorkommnissen, sowie der Bedeutung und der Bedingungen monetärer Wertzuschreibungen. Eine zentrale Demarkationslinie konkurrierender Positionen verläuft entlang der Frage, ob Geldvorkommnisse Warenwerte repräsentieren oder Verhältnisse von Kredit und Schuld anzeigen. Darüber hinaus werden in der Philosophie des Geldes moralphilosophische und politische Fragen thematisch. So ko…Read more
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    Moses Hess
    In Ludwig Siep, Heikki Ikäheimo & Michael Quante (eds.), Handbuch Anerkennung, Springer. pp. 147-154. 2018.
    Die Verortung von Moses Hess innerhalb der Ideengeschichte der Anerkennung ist am ehesten über seine Beziehung zur frühsozialistischen und junghegelianischen Gesellschaftskritik, insbesondere hinsichtlich der Gattungswesen- und Entfremdungskonzeptionen von Feuerbach und Marx, zu begreifen. So lässt sich das Gesellschaftsmodell, für das Hess in seiner Zurückweisung von Geldwirtschaft und Marktgesellschaft eintritt, sinnvoll über den Übergang der Feuerbachschen Religionskritik zur Marxschen Kritik…Read more
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    Philip Pettit: Five Themes from his Work (edited book)
    with David P. Schweikard
    Springer. 2015.
    This volume documents the 16th Münster Lectures in Philosophy and examines five themes that are prominent in the work of philosopher and political theorist Philip Pettit. These themes are: Epistemology and Semantics, Philosophy of Mind, Consequentialism, Group Agency, and Republicanism. The book provides insight into Pettit's work and demonstrates the central role his work plays in a number of contemporary philosophical debates. Pettit’s contributions to the philosophy of mind and action, ration…Read more
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    Solidarity is commonly invoked in the justification of public health care. This is understandable, as calls for and appeals to solidarity are effective in the mobilization of unison action and the willing- ness to incur sacrifices for others. However, the reference to solidarity as a moral notion requires caution, as there is no agreement on the meaning of solidarity. The article argues that the refer- ence to solidarity as a normative notion is relevant to health-related moral claims, but that …Read more
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    The emergence of H1N1 in 2009 shows that it is a mistake to regard the scenario of having to implement pandemic plans as merely hypothetical. This recent experience provides an opportunity to inquire into the current state of pandemic preparedness plans with regard to their ethical adequacy. One aspect that deserves consideration in this context is the disclosure of ethical reasoning. Accordingly, the following is an analysis of examples of pandemic plans and drafts of plans from Southeast Asia …Read more
  • Peter Ulrich / Michael Assländer: John Stuart Mill (review)
    Philosophischer Literaturanzeiger 60 (3). 2007.
  • B. Referate uber fremdsprachige Neuerscheinungen-Enabling Social Europe
    with B. V. Maydell, K. Borchardt, K. D. Henke, and R. Leitner
    Philosophischer Literaturanzeiger 59 (3): 303. 2006.
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    Solidarity and Cosmopolitanism
    Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 12 (3): 303-315. 2009.
    The review article examines the relation of solidarity and cosmopolitanism in contemporary political philosophical and sociological debates. In some contexts solidarity and cosmopolitanism are closely related, in others they are understood to be incompatible. The main body of the report is divided into three parts displaying a tentative classification of the reviewed literature on the subject. The first part serves to outline a general account of solidarity, the communal obligations that follow …Read more
  • John Stuart Mill
    with Peter Ulrich and Michael Asslander
    Philosophischer Literaturanzeiger 60 (3): 214. 2007.
  • Norman Daniels: Just Health (review)
    Philosophischer Literaturanzeiger 62 (2). 2009.
  • B. V. Maydell/k. Borchardt/k.-d. Henke/r. Leitner U. A. : Enabling Social Europe (review)
    Philosophischer Literaturanzeiger 59 (3/4). 2006.
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    Not und die Grenzen der Moral
    Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie 62 (6): 1138-1152. 2014.
    A philosophical inquiry into the ethics or the morals of distress has to address a distinction regarding its very own scope. On the one hand, situations of distress can be understood to involve particular moral considerations. On the other hand, distress can be understood as the presence of specific characteristics that may allow for a divergence from what is obliged from the moral point of view. The article reflects on the idea of distress as setting limits to moral reflection and obligation, c…Read more