Angenommen, ich stehe an einem Teich und muss mitansehen, wie ein Kind ertrinkt, würde mir bei der Rettungsaktion aber meinen teuren neuen Anzug ruinieren: Müsste ich das Kind nicht trotzdem retten?
Das Urteil des Bundesverfassungsgerichts aus dem Jahr 2020 hat klargestellt, dass das Recht auf selbstbestimmtes Sterben auch die Inanspruchnahme von Suizidassistenz umfasst, sofern sie angeboten wird.
Thinking About Thinking: Mind and Meaning in the Era of Techno-Nihilism addresses our existential crisis by reminding us of the conditions for meaning that have been obscured by the modern technological mentality.
This volume provides the first English translation of Nietzsche's unpublished notes from late 1879 to early 1881, the period in which he authored Dawn, the second book in the trilogy that began with Human, All Too Human and concluded with The Joyful Science.
El que ha nacido por segunda vez se parece a un manantial viviente del que fluye un agua pura y en cuyas riberas vienen a instalarse plantas, animales, hombres, toda una civilización.
In jüngster Zeit mehren sich die Anstrengungen, in der Rezeption post- und dekolonialer Theorien Gelerntes für das Nachdenken über Religion und Theologie fruchtbar zu machen – und sie lohnen sich: Theolog:innen aus dem globalen Süden liefern wichtige Impulse zur theologischen Reflexion und Dekonstruktion von Eurozentrismus, Macht und Selbstverständlichkeiten.
This book examines the literature of African-American author Richard Wright and the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, arguing that Wright was not only the foremost proponent of minoritarian protest literature, but also a groundbreaking minoritarian exponent of philosophical literature.
Drawing from a wide array of disciplinary perspectives and geographical contexts, this volume offers new insights for critically engaging with the problem of vulnerability.
The book offers a historical-systematic overview of the most important concepts of ethics, each of which is presented using three to four exemplary main representatives.
This volume highlights interdisciplinary research on the ethical, metaphysical, and experimental dimensions of extended reality technologies, including virtual and augmented realities.
This volume highlights interdisciplinary research on the ethical, metaphysical, and experimental dimensions of extended reality technologies, including virtual and augmented realities.
A series of recent high-profile court cases has demonstrated the inadequacy of current laws in addressing issues relating to medical treatment decisions involving seriously ill children.
A series of recent high-profile court cases has demonstrated the inadequacy of current laws in addressing issues relating to medical treatment decisions involving seriously ill children.
Horses, Power and Place explores the evolution of humanity's relationship with horses, from early domestication through to the use of the horse as a draught animal, an agricultural, industrial and military asset, and an animal of sport and leisure.
Infatigable scrutateur des ambiguïtés et dilemmes de la modernité politique, Charles Taylor est principalement connu pour son plaidoyer en faveur d'une reconnaissance publique de l'appartenance culturelle, ce qui lui vaut d'être considéré comme l'un des plus éminents protagonistes du courant multiculturaliste.
Cet ouvrage collectif examine la façon dont les questions morales sont en travail dans les institutions qui structurent les grands enjeux sociétaux: l’éducation, la santé, l’écodéveloppement, la justice, la police.
All life on Earth has the right to exist, but as we teeter on the verge of a sixth extinction this book discusses why biodiversity matters and why we should care if species go extinct.
Horses, Power and Place explores the evolution of humanity's relationship with horses, from early domestication through to the use of the horse as a draught animal, an agricultural, industrial and military asset, and an animal of sport and leisure.
A través de los escritos de Bonhoeffer es posible constatar con gran facilidad que la preocupación por lo ético puede detectarse a lo largo y ancho de su pensamiento, tal vez como consecuencia directa de su inagotable «instinto» de interrogación, que le permitía leer con atención y espíritu crítico su propio presente y la tradición religioso-cultural en la que se encontraba anclado.
Con Las dos fuentes de la moral y de la religión, obra de madurez, Henri Bergson (1859-1941) trata de responder, en plena crisis de la conciencia europea, al problema del malestar en la vida social.
Inviting new translations of classical Buddhist texts about why the self is an illusionand why giving it up can free us from sufferingFrom self-realization and self-promotion to self-help and the selfie, the modern world encourages us to be self-obsessed.
The book offers a historical-systematic overview of the most important concepts of ethics, each of which is presented using three to four exemplary main representatives.
The aim of this book is to introduce and discuss bioethics in a three-synergistic way: from the foundations to the current debates in relation to healthcare and social bioethics, and thereafter the possible future challenges.
This book considers the concept of consent in different contexts with the aim of exploring the nuances of what consent means to different people and in different situations.
This book considers the concept of consent in different contexts with the aim of exploring the nuances of what consent means to different people and in different situations.
This book argues that the received view of the distinction between freedom and power must be rejected because it rests on an untenable account of the discursive cognition that endows individuals with the capacity for autonomy and self-governed rationality.
This book examines the literature of African-American author Richard Wright and the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, arguing that Wright was not only the foremost proponent of minoritarian protest literature, but also a groundbreaking minoritarian exponent of philosophical literature.
