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April 07, 2025

Quod erat expectandum 

If you are reading this post, then you are doing so with certain expectations. Perhaps you have already read other posts on this blog that you found interesting and now expect that reading this post will not be a waste of time either. You probably also have certain expectations of the content of the text given the title - for example, that it has something to do with ethics or morals. So, what do expectations have to do with ethics and morals?

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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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All articles of this category

Release DateAuthorsArticle
07.04.2025Daniel Frank Quod erat expectandum 
16.04.2024Leonie Bossert & Davina HöllThe Self as a Multispecies Being
06.02.2024Kerstin Schopp & Maike WeynandWell-Being and Health
18.04.2023Matthias MeitzlerAshes of the Dead as a Matter of Dispute
07.03.2023Jonathan LübkeBasic motives and values
01.02.2022Jenny DietrichVideokonferenzen als strukturelle Benachteiligung im digitalen Arbeitskontext
28.05.2020Leonie BossertGlobale Krise(n): Covid-19 und das Mensch-Tier-Verhältnis

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