Prof. Dr. Christiane Woopen, medical ethicist
Politics needs compromises - ethics claims universality. Politics fights for power and majorities - ethics asks what is good for everyone. Although democracies thrive on values such as freedom, justice and human dignity, they quickly come under pressure in everyday politics. How do politics and ethics fit together? Does political action even have to meet ethical standards and can ethics provide orientation for politics without moralizing? What role do we all have to play in making this tricky relationship work?
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