Norbert Brieskorn

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Norbert Brieskorn SJ (born May 25, 1944 in Strasbourg ) is a German Jesuit and professor of legal philosophy at the University of Philosophy in Munich.

Life

Brieskorn first completed a law degree in Würzburg and Munich , which he completed in 1968 with the first state examination in law. He then became a member of the Jesuit order that same year . This was followed by studying philosophy in Pullach and Munich (1970–1972) and Catholic theology in Lyon and Paris (1972–1975). In 1975 he was ordained a priest , in 1980 he was promoted to Dr. iur. utr. PhD.

In 1980 Brieskorn began teaching at the University of Philosophy in Munich , initially as a lecturer, and from 1982 as a lecturer in legal and social philosophy . In 1985 he completed his habilitation at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg in the subjects of medieval and modern legal history , legal philosophy and canon law . He then stayed for 11 months in Latin America, where he studied the legal history of the colonial era and dealt with the philosophical approaches of Latin American and Spanish authors.

In 1994 the School of Philosophy appointed him full professor for legal philosophy, social philosophy and social ethics . Another research focus is dealing with the history of human rights and their justification.

In 2018 he became spiritual in the Munich mother house of the Sisters of Mercy of St. Vincent de Paul .

Since 1964 he has been a member of the Catholic student union KDStV Cheruscia Würzburg in the CV .

Works

  • Philosophy of law , Urban, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-17-009966-3 .
  • Human rights: a historical-philosophical foundation , Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Berlin / Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-17-013546-5 .
  • Human rights and animal rights. In: Andreas Brenner (Ed.): Describing animals. (Animal rights - human obligations, Vol. 9) Erlangen 2003, pp. 153–174.
  • Social philosophy: A philosophy of social life , Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Berlin / Cologne 2009, ISBN 3-17020521-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Father Robert Lachenschmid was the spiritual director of the Sisters of Mercy for more than 16 years. In: www.barmherzige.net. March 19, 2018, accessed April 7, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Brieskorn, Norbert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brieskorn, Norbert SJ
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German religious and legal philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Strasbourg