ISBN-13: 9783640449040 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 92 str.
ISBN-13: 9783640449040 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 92 str.
Scientific Study from the year 2009 in the subject Law - Comparative Legal Systems, Comparative Law, Vienna University of Economics and Business (Institut fur Rechtsphilosophie, Religions- und Kulturrecht), course: Against white"-washing shadows of philosophers in ethics lectures/courses, language: English, abstract: At universities, students are often presented (almost) semi-divine" personalities, be it KANT, be it HEGEL, be it HUME, be it other important, influencial thinkers, especially in the field of - so called - ethics," be it e.g. so called management ethics," be it so called legal ethics." Some of these students are simply one thing: fed up with the way of in fact almost gloryfying" ( ) these men. It remains the job of at least some people to at least partially critically (re-)think what and how things are presented to students. Vienna, a city of critically thinking men and women? Vienna, a city, in which e.g. Immanuel KANT is (also ) presented in a (more) critical manner, e.g. with respect to KANT's views" e.g. on women, Afro-americans, Jews? Vienna, a city, in which also a so called faculty of law" exists in which (some ) legal philosophers - nothwithstanding the fact, that many of them would in fact wish to change some ways and words of presenting e.g. KANT, HEGEL, or ROUSSEAU to students - simply, contrary to a sometimes I-am-willing-to-change-something" rhetorics"- do not change anything in the direction e.g. of also informing students at least about the existence of Prof Dr Anton Wilhelm AMO, a contemporary of e.g. Immanuel KANT, a man who had to suffer so many prejudices, who tought at universities, nothwithstanding racial, (partially) hatred-filled, boastful, texts, spoken and unspoken words. Why not mention e.g. him for instance in the Viennese Einfuhrungsskripten" (introductory scripts to law), also e.g. the script of a corresponding member of the AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, Prof"