An Environmental Ethics of Vulnerability and Dependence

An essay by Jørgen Meyer on dependency and vulnerability in the age of climate change.

Collective Action and Collective Responsibility: Bad Concepts and Practical Dangers

Why and how would one deny that collectives can act?From an action theory perspective, talk of collective actions seems mysterious: most theories of action are based on the existence of mental states. 

The Interactive Historical Atlas of the Disciplines

Anyone who wants to immerse themselves in the history of ideas of the disciplines will find what they are looking for here.

Kill your Darlings: Rejecting Universality in Human Rights

Should human rights be universal? Aurora Solstad argues why universality should be dropped from the human rights discourse.

The Trial & Execution of Socrates: Is Democracy A Tyranny?

article by Sarvesh Dwivedi

Swiss Philosophical Preprint Series

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Dagmar Fenner: Digitale Ethik

Ein kritisch abwägender Überblick über das hochkomplexe Themenfeld der Digitalisierung, die dringend ethische Reflexionen und mehr gesellschaftliche Gestaltung bedarf.

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Große Denker und ihre Theorien vom Tod

Was geschieht, wenn das Leben endet? Besitzt der Mensch eine unsterbliche Seele oder ist am Ende alles zerstäubt? Seit Jahrtausenden suchen große Denker nach Antworten auf diese letzten Fragen.

Der benutzte Sport

Wann sichert Sport Frieden? Wann führt auch er zum Krieg?