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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.

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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.

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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	The Self as a Multispecies Being
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