Beat Sitter-Liver

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Beat Sitter-Liver (born in Bern in 1939 ) is a Swiss philosopher . He is adjunct professor at the University of Friborg (Switzerland) .

Life

Beat Sitter-Liver studied from 1958 to 1975 in Bern (medical propaedeutic), Reykjavík (Icelandic), Bern (philosophy, German language and literature, English language and literature, legal and state theory), Cologne (philosophy, German language, English literature ) and Bern (philosophy, German language and literature, English language and literature, legal and state theory). He received his doctorate from the University of Bern and completed his habilitation at the University of Freiburg.

From 1972 to 2002 he was full-time Secretary General of the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences , and until 1991 of the Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences . As a visiting professor and lecturer, Sitter-Liver taught in Bern, Munich , Lucerne , Basel and at the ETH Zurich, among others . In 1990 he became a private lecturer and in 1994 an adjunct professor at the University of Freiburg. He advocates justice for all living beings , including animal rights and plant rights .

Honors

Sitter-Liver is Dr. hc from the University of Lausanne .

Fonts

Monographs
  • Existence and ethics. To an ethical theory of existence. Alber publishing house, Freiburg / Munich 1975.
  • The humanities and their significance for our future. Schweizerische Volksbank (Ed.), Bern 1977.
  • Plea for natural law thinking. To recognize nature's own rights. Supplement 3 to the journal for Swiss law, Helbling & Lichtenhahn, Basel 1984.
  • Of power and responsibility in science. Basler Schriften zur European Integration Nr. 27, Europainstitut at the University of Basel, Basel 1997.
  • The objection of the humanities. Selected writings, ed. i. Commissioned by the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences from Rainer J. Schweizer, University Press Freiburg Switzerland, Freiburg 2002.
  • Fair organ allocation. For the distribution of scarce medical supplies in transplant medicine. Academic Press Friborg, Freiburg 2003.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CV
  2. ↑ Own rights of animals and plants? In: Arbeitsblätter für Ethischeforschung , No. 16, December 1986, pp. 2-18
personal data
SURNAME Sitter-Liver, Beat
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern