Ethics and its challenges

Authors

  • Johannes Michael Schnarrer

Keywords:

Ethics, Humanity, Freedom, Objectivity, Meaning

Abstract

I would like to look at some of the challenges of ethics today. Therefore, in the first part I say something about ethics, the ethical theories and ethical concepts. Afterwords I am going to explain a little bit about the human dimensions, the dealing with experiences (i.e. work); because the human person has to decide the right thing in the right place on the right time, and in relatively freedom. In the end, there are some ideas about applied ethics which is necessary to focusing on the practical issues, too. Otherwise people who do not like the ethical discussions they could think that ethical ideas are selfsufficient and do not make sense, but I will tell them something else....

Author Biography

Johannes Michael Schnarrer

Univ.-Prof. Dr.phil., Dr.Dipl.theol., S.T.L. professor at the University of Karlsburg, and at the University of Vienna. Author of the books: The common good in our changing world (1997); Allianz für den Sonntag (1998); Norm und Naturrecht verstehen (1999); Aktuelle Herausforderungen der Ethik in Wirtschaft und Politik (1999); Anything goes? Sittlichkeit im Zeitalter der Skepsis (2000); Solidarität und Sozialstaat (2000); Spannungsfelder praktischer Philosophie (2003); Reihe Komplexe Ethik 1 Sittliche Urteilsbildung in der vernetzten Gesellschaft - Grundlagen (2004).

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Published

2006-04-30