Arthur Rich

Arthur Rich (born January 21, 1910 in Neuhausen am Rheinfall ; † July 25, 1992 in Zurich ) was a Swiss theologian , social and economic ethicist . In 1964 he founded the Institute for Social Ethics at the University of Zurich , of which he was director until 1977.

Life

Arthur Rich grew up in Neuhausen and Schaffhausen . He first completed an apprenticeship as a mechanic, then took the secondary school leaving certificate and studied theology in Zurich and Paris from 1932 to 1938 . From 1938 to 1947 he worked as a pastor in the Reformed parish of Hemmental . In 1947 he received his doctorate in theology from the University of Zurich. From 1948 to 1954 he was director of the teachers' college in Schaffhausen. After his habilitation at the Theological Faculty of the University of Zurich in 1952, he was appointed full professor for systematic and practical theology and held this chair from 1954 to 1976. In 1964 he founded the Institute for Social Ethics at the University of Zurich, which he was director until 1977 . After his retirement in 1975 he was given a teaching position for social ethics at the ETH Zurich . In 1985 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of St. Gallen .

Arthur Rich was married to Elisabeth Schneider since 1938.

Works (selection)

• Christian existence in the industrial world: An introduction to the basic social and ethical questions of the industrial world of work , Stuttgart: Zwingli Verl. 1964, ISBN
• Radicality and the rule of law , TVZ Zurich, 1978, ISBN 3-290-11387-6
• Co-determination in industry: problems, models, critical judgment; a social ethical orientation , Zurich: Flamberg, 1973; ISBN 3-7179-2126-6
• Business ethics, basics in theological perspective , Gütersloh, 1984, ISBN 3-579-00197-3
• Business ethics, market economy, planned economy, world economy from a socio-ethical point of view , Gütersloh, 1990; ISBN 3-579-00198-1

literature

• Walter Wolf. For a socially responsible market economy: the business ethicist Arthur Rich . Zurich 2009. ISBN 978-3-290-17529-0
• Susanne Edel. Business ethics in dialogue: Arthur Rich's contribution to understanding between theology and economics , 1995, ISBN 3-7668-3578-5
• Schaffhausen honors Arthur Rich . Invitation to the memorial event on January 21, 2010 in Hemmental and Schaffhausen
• Hermann Kocher: Rich, Arthur. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Susanne Edel:  Rich, Arthur. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , p. 504 ( digitized version ).
• Siegfried Karg:  RICH, Arthur. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 8, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-053-0 , Sp. 194-203.

Web links

• Literature by and about Arthur Rich in the catalog of the German National Library
• Institute for Social Ethics at the University of Zurich
• Doris Brodbeck: The Schaffhausen business ethicist Arthur Rich. Evangelical Reformed Church in the Canton of Schaffhausen, March 17, 2015 .