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International institutions in a functionally differentiated world society
No full textIn their introduction to this volume, Mathias Albert, Barry Buzan and Michael Zürn suggest that long-term structural change in the international system can be analysed in terms of the interaction between, and relative importance of, three different forms of social differentiation: segmentary, stratificatory and functional (see also Buzan and Albert, 2010). IR scholarship traditionally focuses on what sociologists would see as the result of segmentary differentiation, namely systems or societies of states, while paying attention also to stratificatory differentiation because of the role of great powers, superpowers and empires. According to prominent system theorists, this spatially differentiated political system should be seen as embedded in a ‘world society’ that is itself primarily differentiated along functional lines (Luhmann, 1971a). According to Niklas Luhmann, only the political system and the legal system are differentiated spatially in the form of states; all other systems ‘operate independently of spatial boundaries. Precisely the unambiguous character of spatial boundaries makes it clear that they are respected neither by truths nor by diseases, neither by education nor by television, neither by money (if the need for credit is considered) nor by love’. Luhmann added that ‘the importance of spatial boundaries lies in the interdependencies between the political and the legal system on the one hand and the other functional systems on the other’
Bernard Mathias, La dérive des modérés. La Fédération républicaine du Rhône sous la Troisième République
No full textKéchichian Albert. Bernard Mathias, La dérive des modérés. La Fédération républicaine du Rhône sous la Troisième République. In: Vingtième Siècle, revue d'histoire, n°64, octobre-décembre 1999. Villes en crise ? pp. 149-151
Late Classical and Mediaeval Studies in Honor of Albert Mathias Friend, Jr. Edited by Kurt Weitzmann
No full textAstruc Charles. Late Classical and Mediaeval Studies in Honor of Albert Mathias Friend, Jr. Edited by Kurt Weitzmann. In: L'antiquité classique, Tome 25, fasc. 1, 1956. pp. 281-287
Introduction: The Politics of International Political Theory
No full textThe introductory chapter situates Chris Brown’s work in relation to wider themes in International Political Theory (IPT). It provides some context to Brown’s development as a scholar, looking to the ways in which his ideas emerged in relation to different debates and ideas in both political theory and international relations. It first provides a brief intellectual biography and then explores the idea of IPT through an engagement with three books through which Brown has defined the field. The following sections of the introduction look at Brown’s engagement with the predominant liberal international order and the theme of political judgement
Postscriptum: Chris Brown, and International Political Theory Anywhere Else but in Bayreuth
No full text'Corpus Mysticum': Niklas Luhmann's Evocation of World Society
No full textDo theories of world society provide viable alternatives to the notion of an 'international system'? Observing International Relations draws upon the modern systems theory of society, developed by Niklas Luhmann, to provide new perspectives on central aspects of contemporary world society and to generate theoretically informed insights on the possibilities and limits of regulation in global governance. The authors develop a Luhmannian theory of world society by contrasting it with competing notions of international society, critically discussing the use of modern systems theory in international relations theory and assessing its treatment of central concepts within international relations, such as power, sovereignty, governance and war. The book will appeal to both sociologists and international relations specialists interested in the application of sociological theories to social contexts beyond the nation state. Mathias Albert, University of Bielefeld, Germany Lothar Brock, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Germany Chris Brown, London School of Economics, UK Thomas Diez
Unternehmerische Risiken der Gentechnologie im Spiegel der Ethik Albert Schweitzers
No full textUnternehmen, die die Chancen der Gentechnologie gewinnbringend nutzen wollen, sollten schon aus Eigeninteresse die damit verbundenen Risiken verantworten. Denn sie haften für die Schäden, die sie - wo und wann auch immer - verursachen werden. Das kann die erhofften Gewinne sehr schnell zunichte machen und das Überleben des Unternehmens bedrohen. Es liegt also in ihrem eigenen Interesse, die komplexen Risiken der Gentechnologie genauer unter die Lupe zu nehmen. Die Ethik Albert Schweitzers kann sie darin unterstützen. Denn sie sensibilisiert für die Ethikrisiken, die aus den Aktivitäten des Unternehmens resultieren, und trägt dazu bei, daß die unternehmerische Verantwortung besser wahrgenommen wird.
Ziel des vorliegenden Beitrags ist es, die Aktualität der Ethik von Albert Schweitzer auch für Unternehmen darzulegen, insbesondere bei Entscheidungen auf dem Gebiet der Biotechnologie. Die Entscheidungshilfen, die Schweitzer auch heutigen Managern bieten kann, sollen im vorliegenden Beitrag durchsichtig gemacht werden. Dazu wird im ersten Schritt der Zusammenhang von Technik, Ökonomie und Ethik verdeutlicht, im zweiten Schritt die Komplexität des unternehmerischen Risikos im Kontext der Gentechnologie herausgearbeitet und im dritten Schritt schließlich die ethische Verantwortung im Sinne Albert Schweitzers umrissen
Unternehmerische Risiken der Gentechnologie im Spiegel der Ethik Albert Schweitzers
No full textUnternehmen, die die Chancen der Gentechnologie gewinnbringend nutzen wollen, sollten schon aus Eigeninteresse die damit verbundenen Risiken verantworten. Denn sie haften für die Schäden, die sie - wo und wann auch immer - verursachen werden. Das kann die erhofften Gewinne sehr schnell zunichte machen und das Überleben des Unternehmens bedrohen. Es liegt also in ihrem eigenen Interesse, die komplexen Risiken der Gentechnologie genauer unter die Lupe zu nehmen. Die Ethik Albert Schweitzers kann sie darin unterstützen. Denn sie sensibilisiert für die Ethikrisiken, die aus den Aktivitäten des Unternehmens resultieren, und trägt dazu bei, daß die unternehmerische Verantwortung besser wahrgenommen wird.
Ziel des vorliegenden Beitrags ist es, die Aktualität der Ethik von Albert Schweitzer auch für Unternehmen darzulegen, insbesondere bei Entscheidungen auf dem Gebiet der Biotechnologie. Die Entscheidungshilfen, die Schweitzer auch heutigen Managern bieten kann, sollen im vorliegenden Beitrag durchsichtig gemacht werden. Dazu wird im ersten Schritt der Zusammenhang von Technik, Ökonomie und Ethik verdeutlicht, im zweiten Schritt die Komplexität des unternehmerischen Risikos im Kontext der Gentechnologie herausgearbeitet und im dritten Schritt schließlich die ethische Verantwortung im Sinne Albert Schweitzers umrissen
Albert D. Kirwan
No full textThe name Albert Kirwan is inextricably bound with the University of Kentucky—in sports, scholarship, and administration. His skills and interests were so many and varied that his accomplishments in one area could not long satisfy his restless nature; he captained and later coached the U.K. Wildcats, took degrees in law and history, wrote or edited six books, taught a full load of classes, became dean of students, graduate dean, and finally, was unanimously installed as seventh president of the University.
Under his guidance, the UK graduate program was improved and strengthened; he presented the University’s case before the National Collegiate Athletic Association council concerning the 1948–49 basketball gambling scandals; he helped to see the University through its first tense period of integration; and he was able to handle student activism in the 1960s with both courage and understanding.
Beyond this, he was a gentle, devoted family man. His wife, Betty, his sons, and his sister have shared their memories of Albert Kirwan, providing much of the material included in the biographical section of this book; and Kirwan himself left a tape, “Some Memories of My Life,” recorded in 1971, which Frank Mathias has blended with information culled from letters, files, and interviews.
During his lifetime, Albert Kirwan was often invited to speak before historical associations, at commencement exercises, athletic assemblies, on television, and on radio. Records of these speeches document his far-ranging thoughts on history, education, athletics, politics, the South, the Civil War, and civil rights, revealing him as a responsible and responsive liberal Kentucky gentleman. He was a man of many moods, and had a wry, tongue-in-cheek humor that enlivened his lectures and talks. The second section of the book is a selection of his speeches, letters, and excerpts from his articles and books, including a chapter from John ]. Crittenden: The Struggle for the Union, which won the Sydnor award. Reproduced here are Kirwan’s analysis of the Kentucky court struggle of the 1820s and his statement before the Southeastern Conference on the penalty assessed against Kentucky’s basketball team; and, here too are the more casual banquet speeches, the bantering affection of a warm, sensitive man among friends.
“Here is a man who has given his whole life to [the University of Kentucky],” Happy Chandler said of him, “. . . surely he must love it as perhaps no other person could.”
Frank Furlong Mathias was educated at the University of Kentucky (Ph.D. 1966). He is now professor of history at the University of Dayton in Ohio.https://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_higher_education/1003/thumbnail.jp
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