Norms, Values, and Society

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Editorial. Articles: Norms, Values, and Society. Justice E. Tugendhat. The Quest for Happiness: Traces of Ancient Life Wisdom within the Moral Philosophical Context of the Vienna Circle M. Geier. Empiricism and the Norms of Scientific Knowledge: Some Reflections on Otto Neurath and Pierre Bourdieu E. Nemeth. The Controversy about Human Rights E. Tugendhat. Some Problems in the Justification of Moral Rights A. Leist. 'Just are the Social Institutions that are Best for their Participants': a Critical Examination T.W. Pogge. Gender and Political Equality S. Moller Okin. Moral Conduct under Conditions of Moral Imperfection P. Koller. Law and Morality: a Modest Assessment M. La Torre. (How) Can Law be Legitimated? Habermas, Rawls, Dworkin L. Nagl. Contract Law and the Ethical Neutrality of the State: Some Thoughts about Liberalism and Communitarianism G. Graf. Democracy and the Problem of Collective Identity: Conceptual Distinctions without Deference to Carl Schmitt A. Somek. Two Methods of Doing Bioethics D. Birnbacher. Applied Ethics, Applying Ethics and the Methods of Ethics U. Wolf. Professional Ethics 'Applies' Nothing A.S. Janik. Rationality and Virtue P. Foot. Rationality and Morality J. Nida-Rumelin. Humboldt's Argument against the Welfare State: a Reconstruction in Terms of Game Theory R. Hegselmann. The Possibility of Sustaining Trust A.C. Baier. David Hume's Criticism of Traditional Ethics G. Streminger. Kant and Social Sentiments H. Pauer-Studer. Documentation. Editorial Remarks. Science and Analysis of Language R. Carnap. The Position of Einstein's Theory of Relativity in the Evolution of Science P. Frank.Semiotic, the Socio-Humanistic Sciences, and the Unity of Science C.W. Morris. The Social Roots of Science E. Zilsel. Reviews. Review Essays. Activities of the Institute Vienna Circle. Index of Names.