Tag: philosophy
Member of the German Ethics Council: "It’s not about assigning blame"
What went well in the pandemic and what didn’t? In a new statement, the German Ethics Council reflects on the past two Corona years. Panel member Stephan Kruip from Zorneding…
Barbara Schmitz: “What is a life worth living?” – Culture
Barbara Schmitz from the Swiss Jura reports for the video switch. This is where the habilitated philosopher and high school teacher lives with her daughter, who has a mental disability.…
Lea Ypi: “Free – growing up at the end of history” – culture
You wake up. You don’t know who you are or how you got here. The story begins. A story where you have to find out what the world is like,…
Emmanuel Levinas: “Ethics as First Philosophy” – Culture
Moral skeptics like to point out that it is one thing to justify ethical imperatives with good arguments. It is quite another thing to encounter a person with an experience…
Haar’s former mayor talks about capitalism and tech giants – district of Munich
Interviewed by Udo Watter, hair At the “Philosophical Salon” in the small theater in Haar next Monday, a clever head from the community will be the speaker: Helmut Dworzak, longstanding…
250th birthday of Friedrich Schlegel – Culture
At the age of thirty, Friedrich Schlegel was as well known in Germany, which was interested in literature, as the proverbial sore thumb. But because he couldn’t make a living…
Rüdiger Safranski “Being alone”. A review. – Culture
The current pandemic has caused many people to spend more time with themselves than usual, and they may have wondered who they were actually dealing with. “Alone: In Bad Company,”…
Hugo von Hofmannsthal: the critical edition of all works – culture
A brick of 1478 pages marks the completion of one of the most protracted and also most controversial edition projects in German-language literature. 55 years after its start and 47…
Philosopher Juliane Rebentisch on Hannah Arendt – culture
Because of a snowstorm, Juliane Rebentisch arrived at the campus of Princeton University in New Jersey just a day late. As usual at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Offenbach, she…
The politician Erwin Huber studied philosophy. – Bavaria
The former Minister of State and CSU boss Erwin Huber, 75, has a university degree in philosophy. He thought the whole thing would be easier, he says, but he doesn’t…