Hartmut Kress

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Hartmut Kreß (* 1954 ) is a German Protestant theologian and ethicist.

Life

After his habilitation in 1989, he was a visiting professor for philosophy at the University of Rostock in 1990 . From 1993 to 2000 he was professor for systematic theology with a focus on ethics in the theological faculty in Kiel , where he was the founder and until 2000 spokesman of the interdisciplinary center for ethics at the University of Kiel . Since 2000 he has been professor of systematic theology, especially ethics, in the Protestant Theological Faculty of the University of Bonn , Department of Social Ethics. Due to his retirement, he will be released from his regular teaching duties at the University of Bonn from the winter semester 2019/2020. Since 2018 he has been teaching at the Law Faculty of the University of Düsseldorf .

Research areas

In his publications, Kreß deals with the modern history of ethics and fundamental questions of ethics, including theories of responsibility ethics. In applied ethics, he deals with medical and bioethics, legal ethics and political ethics, religious and ideological law and issues of labor law.

Fonts (selection)

  • Medical ethics. Health protection - rights of self-determination - today's value conflicts , 2nd edition W. Kohlhammer Verlag Stuttgart 2009
  • Ethics of responsibility / ethics of convictions , in: Hans Jörg Sandkühler (ed.), Encyclopedia Philosophy, Felix Meiner Verlag Hamburg, pp. 2863–2867
  • Legal ethics. State, fundamental rights and religions in the light of legal ethics , W. Kohlhammer Verlag Stuttgart 2012
  • The special position of the churches in labor law - socially and ethically justifiable? A German special way in conflict with fundamental rights , writings of the Hans-Böckler-Stiftung vol. 77, Nomos Verlag Baden-Baden 2014
  • Normative basis of advance directives , in: Arnd T. May / Hartmut Kreß / Torsten Verrel / Till Wagner (eds.), Advance directives. Handbook for consultants, doctors and carers, Springer Verlag Berlin / Heidelberg 2016, pp. 5–18
  • The concept of guilt between morality and legality. Today's need for clarification in the legal system and criminal law , in: Thomas Fischer / Elisa Hoven (eds.), Schuld, Baden-Badener Strafrechtsrechner Vol. 3, Nomos Verlag Baden-Baden 2017, pp. 75–86
  • State and person. Political ethics in the upheaval of the modern state , W. Kohlhammer Verlag Stuttgart 2018

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SURNAME Kress, Hartmut
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kress, Hartmut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH 1954