Politikethik

Wie politische Macht, Propaganda und der Abbau institutioneller Sicherungen Gerechtigkeit, Menschenrechte und demokratische Werte gefährden.

Is it ethical to force people to act in certain ways? According to conventional wisdom, it is not, particularly in western societies.

Intervention in natural disaster scenarios should be just as possible as intervention in the event of war. Currently, it is not. In this guest post Lauren Traczykowski explains why we need a natural disaster intervention… Weiterlesen »The Obligation to Intervene in Natural Disaster Scenarios

Wasatia is the core idea of Mohammed S. Dajani’s movement to foster peace and well-being in the Palestinian community. Can it also bring justice to the Middle East?

On June 5th Switzerland will vote on the introduction of  an unconditional basic income. According to GAEI President Nikolaus Knoepffler, such an income creates wrong incentives and mixes up solidarity with justice.

Switzerland is the first country ever to vote on the implementation of an unconditional basic income. In their guest post Daniel Häni and Philip Kovce explain why this is a milestone in the advancement of… Weiterlesen »The ethics of basic income

Book review „Human Dignity: The Constitutional Value and the Constitutional Right“ by Aharon Barak (CUP, 2015)

In this guest post Rachel New and Nadira Faber explain how psychologically informed framing may help people to adopt a climate friendly behaviour in their everday lifes.