Product Description: Analysen zur kausalen Wirksamkeit von Grunden und ihrer Nicht-Uberfuhrbarkeit in deterministische Ursachen stehen im systematischen Zentrum der praktischen Philosophie Julian Nida-Rumelins. Menschliche Freiheit erschliesst sich fur ihn uber die Bedeutung von Grunden fur unsere soziale Praxis...read more

Product Description: The 15th volume of the yearbook contains contributions on the protection of human dignity (Th. Gutmann, D. Hubner), neuroenhancement (R. Kipke, U. Bittner, B. Essmann, O. Muller), ambient assisted living (A. Manzeschke, F. Oehmichen) and, as special focus, the legal, medical and ethical assessment of the new living will act (K...read more

Product Description: Contemporary thought often claims the "death of the subject," and postmodernists typically contend that the standpoint of human subjectivity has been surpassed as a foundation for philosophy. A proper appreciation of these influential claims requires an understanding of the main tradition in which the standpoint of subjectivity was articulated, namely the classical philosophy of German Idealism...read more