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Die klassische Moralphilosophie des Abendlandes lasst sich in zwei Modellen bundeln: in Aristoteles' Ethik des gelungen-glucklichen Lebens und in Kants Ethik des kategorischen Imperativs. Ein drittes, zwar wirkungsmachtiges, aber nicht klassisches Modell bundelt sich im Werk des Philologen, Schriftstellers und vor allem Philosophen Friedrich Nietzsche. In seiner "Streitschrift" "Zur Genealogie der Moral" fuhrt er die abendlandische Moralkritik zu einem Hohepunkt. Zugleich schafft er eine Wende dieser Moralphilosophie, die sich allerdings nicht weitflachig durchzusetzen vermag. Der folgende...

A Theory of Justice is the most important 20^th century Anglo-American work on political ethics. In this book, Rawls presents a persuasive theory of the interface between ethics and political philosophy, and at the same time, successfully introduces a series of fundamental paradigm shifts into the discourse on justice. After a generation of intense debate, this volume takes stock of Rawls's work in the form of a collaborative commentary.

In "Democracy in an Age of Globalisation," Otfried Hoffe develops a comprehensive analysis of the demands, which the process of globalization exerts on the political organisations of humanity.

The author starts from a diagnosis of the process of globalisation and frees its concept from its economistic narrowing: Globalisation is a comprehensive process which puts new strains on the economies and political systems of the world, the cultural and social structures of peoples. The scope of its challenges demands solutions, which transcend the powers of the classical nation-state. The...

Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason" is so outstanding among modern philosophical works, that it can be termed "the" foundation of modern philosophy. Schopenhauer termed it "the most important book ever to have been written in Europe." Otfried Hoffe guides the reader through the "Critique" one step at a time, expounding Kant's thoughts, submitting them to an interpretation and drawing a summary conclusion, placing the work and its topics within the context of its modern successors. A "critical" interpretation of Kant's text reveals that he had something to say on many discussions that are said...

Hoffe confronts what he sees as the two major challenges to any theory of justice: the legal, positivist claim that there are no standards of justice external to legal systems; and the anarchist claim that justice demands the rejection and abolition of all legal and state systems.

Hoffe sets out to continue the 'philosophical project of...

In the era of humanism and early modernity, a new genre of political thought flourished, that of the utopia. Thomas More gave it a name and a literary form. Tomasso Campanella s City of the Sun and Francis Bacon s New Atlantis emulate his example. This volume offers commentaries on these three works and explains their importance for contemporary political thought.

Thomas Hobbes' Lebensaufgabe besteht in einer wissenschaftlichen Staatsphilosophie. Dabei stellt er sich den drei Herausforderungen seiner Epoche: methodisch dem Beweisideal der Mathematik, politisch der blutigen Wirklichkeit der Kriege und Burgerkriege und moralisch dem Schwinden gemeinsamer Uberzeugungen.

Weil er sich allen drei Herausforderungen stellt, zugleich sie miteinander verbindet, schafft er das die Tradition sturzende Argumentationsmuster der politischen Moderne, die Vertragstheorie. Mit ihr bringt er eine der groten Staatsphilosophien der abendlandischen...

In "Democracy in an Age of Globalisation," Otfried Hoffe develops a comprehensive analysis of the demands, which the process of globalization exerts on the political organisations of humanity.

The author starts from a diagnosis of the process of globalisation and frees its concept from its economistic narrowing: Globalisation is a comprehensive process which puts new strains on the economies and political systems of the world, the cultural and social structures of peoples. The scope of its challenges demands solutions, which transcend the powers of the classical nation-state. The...