Fellows 2011

Wilfried Hinsch

Professor for Practical Philosophy at Aachen University ( RWTH Aachen)

Resident at the Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften:

April–September 2011

Research topic at the Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften:

»A brief History of Justice«, »Human Rights as Moral Claim-Rights«

Funding of the stay:

»Justitia Amplificata. Rethinking Justice − Applied and Global«

Scholarly profile of Wilfried Hinsch

Main areas of research:

Practical and moral philosophy

Selected publications:

»Justice, Legitimacy, and Constitutional Rights«, in: Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 13.1 (2010), p. 39-54. Reprinted in: M. Mattravers and L. Meyer (ed.): Justice, Legitimacy, and Democracy. Essays in Honor of Brian Barry, London, Routledge 2010.
Handbuch der politischen Philosophie und Sozialphilosophie (HPPS), with Stefan Goespath and Beate Rössler, Berlin/New York: De Gruyter 2008.
Menschenrechte militärisch schützen. Ein Plädoyer für humanitäre Interventionen, with Dieter Janssen, München: C.H. Beck 2006.
»Human Rights as Moral Claim Rights« (mit Markus Stepanians), in: R. Martin and D. Reidy (ed.): Rawl’s Law of Peoples: A Realistic Utopia?, Oxford: Blackwell 2006, p. 117-133.
»Severe Poverty as a Human Rights Violation – Weak and Strong« (with Markus Stepanians), in: A. Føllesdal and T. Pogge (ed.): Real World Justice: Grounds, Principles, Human Rights, and Social Institutions, Boston: Kluwer 2005, p. 288-308.
Gerechtfertigte Ungleichheiten. Grundsätze sozialer Gerechtigkeit, Berlin/New York: Walter de Gruyter 2002.
»Global Distributive Justice«, in: T. Pogge (ed.), Global Justice, Oxford: Blackwell 2001, p. 55-75.

Further academic activities:
Member of the German Wissenschaftsrat (since 2006)
Founding Director of the »Human Technology Centre« at Aachen University (RWTH Aachen)
Co-Editor of the book series »Ideen und Argumente« at Walter de Gruyter Publishing (Berlin/New York)

Wilfried Hinsch

Scholarly profile of Wilfried Hinsch

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