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Abstract [en]: What is Truth? The world as a place capable of truth and the challenge of global ethics for living together in peace Especially in a time of hypes around fake news, we have to ask the question if there is something like „truth“. There cannot be any reference to a common truth when and if every person claims to...
April 2020 Selbstbestimmtes Leben in der Corona-Krise Ein Lernprogramm für solidarische Identitätsbildung Krisen haben ganz unterschiedliche Ursachen: Der Zerfall Jugoslawiens nach dem Zusammenbruch des Kommunismus führte zum Bürgerkrieg, die leichtsinnige Kreditvergabe an finanziell schwache Hauskäufer in den USA löste die Finanzkrise 2008/2009 mit ihren „Subprime-Krediten“ aus, und nun erleben wir mit dem Corona-Virus eine weltweite Gesundheitskrise. Ist die Globalisierung damit...
Abstract [en]: In this short essay, I ask if the technical possibilities of surveillance inherent in most digital communication question the direction of control the public sphere exercises. Specifically, I argue that the current state of digital transparency endangers the capacity of the public to control its representatives. Based on this finding, I discuss if a technology such as block...
Abstract [en]: Although the Federal Constitutional Court’s ruling in 2012 declared certain parts of the electoral law unconstitutional, the Federal Parliament – despite looming Federal elections in 2021 – did not yet tackle the reform. The parliamentary factions and their political parties are now struggling how to proceed and install a procedure, which will guide a majority to vote for...
