Was fordert ein besseres Leben?
Charakterentwicklung, ethische Bildung und Wertevermittlung in spatmodernen pluralistischen Gesellschaften
by Michael Welker and John Witte Jr.
German description: Dieser Band analysiert die machtigen normativen Grundlagen, die – im Guten wie im Schlechten – den moralischen Charakter und die ethische Bildung in Europa, Amerika, Australien, Sudafrika und anderen spatmodernen liberalen Gesellschaften pragen. Auf der Grundlage einer gross angelegten interdisziplinaren und internationalen Studie analysiert dieser Band zunachst die sich wandelnden Orte und Rollen dieser normativen Grundlagen sowohl in den traditionellen sozialen Spharen von Familie, Religion, Recht, Politik und Markten als auch in den neuen sozialen Spharen von Bildung, akademischer Forschung, Gesundheitsversorgung, Medien und Militar. Alle diese sozialen Systeme und ihre komplexe Gewaltenteilung sind fur den Aufbau eines guten Lebens und einer guten Gesellschaft heute unverzichtbar. Keines dieser sozialen Systeme sollte die anderen dominieren. Mit ihren jeweiligen Kompetenzen mussen sie zusammenwirken, um das Streben nach Gerechtigkeit, Freiheit, Wahrheit, Menschenfreundlichkeit und Frieden im In- und Ausland zu fordern. English summary: This volume analyzes the powerful normative codes that, for better or worse, shape moral character and ethical education in European countries, in the US, Australia, South Africa, and other late modern liberal societies. Drawing on a major interdisciplinary and international study, this volume analyses the shifting places and roles of these normative codes both in the traditional social spheres of family, religion, law, politics, and markets as well as in the new social spheres of education, academic research, health care, the media, and the military. All of these social systems as well as their complex division of powers, we argue, are essential for building a good life and a good society today, and none should dominate the others. And all of these social systems with their competences must work separately and together to foster justice, freedom, benevolence, and peace at home and abroad.
- By (author) Michael Welker
- By (author) John Witte Jr
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