"In most cases, it is the market which subverts the status quo. And in many cases, it is those that disrupt and conceal the market forces who are in the service of the powers that be." - A Smithian reflection on the roaring energy prices post Ukraine-Invasion, and what they tell us about the way Adam Smith thought of market mechanisms.
How can we justify the current lockdown from a philosophical perspective? Is it justifiable at all? And does Corona pose a problem to our understanding of social justice? An inquiry into the ethics of health care.
Corona has become the inevitable focal point of all debates. No matter whether this is getting on our nerves or not, we cannot escape the questions the pandemic implies. This is why we have to debate them, and why we launch a new column.
Ist die Forderung, Eliten sollten rasche, effiziente und effektive Lösungen für gesellschaftliche Probleme finden, wirklich zynisch? Eine Metareplik.
Müssen wir die Demokratie unvermeidlich zu einer “Epistokratie” upgraden? Ist die einzige Lösung, um autoritären Populismus abzuwenden, uns hinter den bereits bestehenden Eliten zu versammeln? Eine Replik zur “Vollendung der Demokratie.”
On which methods should philosophers rely? How can we fight inequality and injustice? And what is the role of the nation-state? An interview about political philosophy with Oxford professor David Miller.
Gibt es wirklich eine Konfliktlinie zwischen "Neuer" und "Klassischer" Musik? Hat nur Neue Musik eine heilende Wirkung? Oder lässt sich dergleichen nicht auch über die Klassik sagen?
Eine Rezension zu Fintan O'Toole, Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain. "A short journey into […] the strange sense of imaginary oppression that underlies Brexit.”
In december 2018, we had the opportunity to briefly interview Slavoj Žižek. The result is an interesting summary of his stance on truth, ideology and cultural relativism.
Hans Blumenberg hat eine faszinierende Philosophie erschaffen. Er verdient akademische und öffentliche Aufmerksamkeit. Aber einen glorifizierenden Fan-Film verdient er nicht.
