In intensiver Auseinandersetzung mit sozialphilosophischen Konzeptionen entwickelt der Autor die Ethik der guten Werke als eine rechtfertigungstheologisch begrundete und zugleich in offentlichen Diskursen vermittelbare Sozialethik. Anhand der sozialstaatlichen Diskurse uber die Generationengerechtigkeit, uber die Alterssicherung und uber die Grundsicherung zeigt er, wie relevant eine Sozialethik der guten Werke in den gegenwartigen Debatten ist.
This book explores the ethical dimensions of the legal, economic and cultural challenges that diversity poses to Europe today. The topic takes the form of a question in order to highlight the need for clarification. How much pluralism does Europe need within these three basic areas of ethics? Most articles were first presented as lectures at the Societas Ethica conference in Ljubljana, August 2004. Other articles are presented here as original works. Special significance is attributed to the host country Slovenia, which has meant so much for the history of Europe and its current unification process.