Philosophy and Religion

2011 saw two new philosophy magazines launched onto the German market, their aim being to set current events into their philosophical context for non-experts and help to master “the art of living”.More ...

The German Ethics Council prepares opinions on debates in which fundamental decisions about human lives are to be taken. Its members, however, do not always vote unanimously.More ...

Axel Honneth’s book Das Recht der Freiheit (The Right to Freedom) is something of a masterpiece.More ...

In Cologne the plan to build a mosque has not only provoked demonstrations and counter demonstrations, but books on the issue have been published and there have been all kinds of public debate in the press. On the other hand Germany’s biggest mosque was opened in Marxloh, Duisburg, in October 2008 – with no fuss at all.More ...