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16th April 2024
The Self as a Multispecies Being. Ethical Aspects of the Influence of Microbes on the Physicalness
Trillions of microbes live on and in the bodies of humans, animals and plants. They form the human, animal or plant microbiome. Accordingly, microbiomes do not exist independently of each other. Through the constant circulation and interaction of microorganisms, we humans are connected to each other and to our environment in a complex way. This raises numerous ethical questions. These are examined in the following blog post. The focus is on ethical questions in the context of human physicality.
6th February 2024
Well-Being and Health
What do we need for a good life? Two groups were interviewed about their ideas of a good life in the context of a holistic understanding of health: female adolescents from the greater Tübingen area and female smallholder farmers in the greater Arusha and Moshi areas of Tanzania.
18th April 2023
Ashes of the Dead as a Matter of Dispute
Autonomy has become the magic word of modern society and people are increasingly empowered to decide for themselves what is good for them and what is not. Among many other areas, this also affects the contemporary approach to the end of life. Not least when it comes to the whereabouts of mortal remains, there are more options available today than ever before. But there is not always harmonious agreement among relatives when it comes to arranging the "last things"; sometimes interests in self-determination clash with bureaucratic regulatory efforts. What this can mean in detail will be discussed using a concrete example that receives little attention in everyday social life: the private storage of ashes of the dead, which is forbidden in Germany but nevertheless practised in isolated cases.
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| Release Date | Authors | Article |
| 16.04.2024 | Leonie Bossert & Davina Höll | |
| 06.02.2024 | Kerstin Schopp & Maike Weynand | Well-Being and Health |
| 18.04.2023 | Matthias Meitzler | Ashes of the Dead as a Matter of Dispute |
| 07.03.2023 | Jonathan Lübke | Basic motives and values |
| 01.02.2022 | Jenny Dietrich | Videokonferenzen als strukturelle Benachteiligung im digitalen Arbeitskontext |
| 28.05.2020 | Leonie Bossert | Globale Krise(n): Covid-19 und das Mensch-Tier-Verhältnis |