Beatrix Himmelmann – författare

Entwürfe einer Ethik des guten Lebens haben zur Zeit Konjunktur. Sie verstehen sich in der Regel als Gegenentwürfe zur so genannten Pflichtethik Kants, in der die Frage nach dem Lebensglück keinen Platz zu finden scheint. Beatrix Himmelmann zeigt, wie viel Kant zu dem angeblich verbannten Thema des Glücks zu sagen hat. Sie gibt eine historische und systematische Gesamtdarstellung der Ethik Kants, ortet darin den Glücksbegriff, der zentraler ist als üblicherweise angenommen, und zeigt schlüssig, warum jüngere Diskussionen zur Frage nach dem guten Leben nicht bis auf die antike Philosophie zurückgehen müssen.

Der spannungsreichen Beziehung zwischen dem Aufklärer aus Königsberg und seinem Kritiker und Nachfahren Nietzsche widmete sich im Kant-Jahr 2004 eine Internationale Konferenz der Deutschen Nietzsche-Gesellschaft. Die Beiträge zeichnen die Scheidewege, die Kant und Nietzsche in unterschiedliche Richtungen führen, aber auch ihre Verbindungslinien nach - mit Blick auf die von beiden Philosophen maßgeblich beeinflussten aktuellen Diskussionen zu Reichweite und Grenzen der Rationalität, zu Problemen der Ethik, der Ästhetik, der Natur- und Geschichtsphilosophie.

The question of meaning in life is as relevant and central as ever - in spite of all attempts at declaring it senseless. It does not disappear. But how should we deal with this question today? The collection presents a wide range of approaches, discussing subjectivist and objectivist answers, confronting concepts of meaning with notions of happiness and morality, and considering the idea of human life's meaning both sub specie aeternitatis and in view of the world's finitude and contingency. The volume assembles contributions from leading scholars in the field, including John Cottingham, John Kekes, Iddo Landau, Dag T. Andersson, Robert B. Louden, Christoph Horn, and Bernard Reginster.

The question of meaning in life is as relevant and central as ever - in spite of all attempts at declaring it senseless. It does not disappear. But how should we deal with this question today? The collection presents a wide range of approaches, discussing subjectivist and objectivist answers, confronting concepts of meaning with notions of happiness and morality, and considering the idea of human life''s meaning both sub specie aeternitatis and in view of the world''s finitude and contingency. The volume assembles contributions from leading scholars in the field, including John Cottingham, John Kekes, Iddo Landau, Dag T. Andersson, Robert B. Louden, Christoph Horn, and Bernard Reginster.

What reasons do we have to be moral, and are these reasons more compelling than the reasons we have to pursue non-moral projects? Ever since the Sophists first raised this question, it has been a focal point of debate. Why be Moral? is a collection of new essays on this fundamental philosophical problem, written by an international team of leading scholars in the field.

The Proceedings present the contributions to the 13th International Kant Congress which was held at the University of Oslo, August 6-9, 2019. The congress, which hosted speakers from more than thirty countries and five continents, was dedicated to the topic of the court of reason. The idea that reason stands before itself as a tribunal characterizes the whole of Kant''s critical project. Without such a court, reason falls into conflict with itself. With such a court in place, however, it may succeed in establishing the possibility and limits of metaphysics, ethics, aesthetics, law and science. The idea of reason being its own judge is not only pivotal to a proper understanding of Kant''s philosophy, but can also shed light on the burgeoning fields of meta-philosophy and philosophical methodology. The 2019 Kant Congress put special emphasis on Kant''s methodology, his account of conceptual critique, and the relevance of his ideas to current issues in especially political philosophy and the philosophy of law. Additional sections discussed a wide range of topics in Kant''s philosophy.

The Proceedings will provide anyone who is interested in exploring the variety of present-day work on Kant and Kantian themes with a wealth of fruitful inspiration.

The Proceedings present the contributions to the 13th International Kant Congress which was held at the University of Oslo, August 6-9, 2019. The congress, which hosted speakers from more than thirty countries and five continents, was dedicated to the topic of the court of reason. The idea that reason stands before itself as a tribunal characterizes the whole of Kant''s critical project. Without such a court, reason falls into conflict with itself. With such a court in place, however, it may succeed in establishing the possibility and limits of metaphysics, ethics, aesthetics, law and science. The idea of reason being its own judge is not only pivotal to a proper understanding of Kant''s philosophy, but can also shed light on the burgeoning fields of meta-philosophy and philosophical methodology. The 2019 Kant Congress put special emphasis on Kant''s methodology, his account of conceptual critique, and the relevance of his ideas to current issues in especially political philosophy and the philosophy of law. Additional sections discussed a wide range of topics in Kant''s philosophy.

The Proceedings will provide anyone who is interested in exploring the variety of present-day work on Kant and Kantian themes with a wealth of fruitful inspiration.