Current Research Projects

Project Leader Project Title
Abbt The Dialectics of Forgetting: the rupture as a condition of understanding in literature and philosophy since the Enlightenment
Bachmann Perspectives of a Political Culture in Europe: The Cases of Germany, Switzerland, Slovakia, and Hungary and Their Broader Significance
Ehrensperger Rational pluralism: normative assumptions of national ethics committees
Heitz The concept of health
Maiolino Political Culture, Economy and Identity in the Western World
Schäppi What does it mean to be consoled by Philosophy?
Schelhammer Humanitarian Interventions and International Humanitarian Conflict Management. Armed Protection of Human Rights Between National Realism and Supranational Institutionalism

Completed Research Projects

Project Leader Project Title
Abbt Speechless Between Life and Death. The Inexplicable Suicide as a Challenge for Ethics Discussed on the Basis of Literary Texts
Barcha The Discourse on Pleasure in the Framework of Political Theory
Culot Legal and Economic Principles in WTO-Law
Joób Global Justice
Kammasch Philosophical Hermeneutics of Vollzugssinn
Kohler Global Justice: Applied Global Justice
Krause The Contemplative Life - a Lifestyle Based on Pessimism
Matteotti Genocide Denial as an Ethical and Moral Problem - Ethical and Judicial Consequences in a Liberal Society
Meili Art as a Bridge between Civilizations
Schefczyk Collective Responsibility for Historical Injustices
Werder Present Day Utopias