Rainer Erlinger

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Rainer Erlinger (* 1965 in Deggendorf ) is a German doctor , lawyer , columnist and author .

Life

After graduating from high school, Erlinger first studied law , but interrupted it to begin studying medicine ; he was approved in 1992. After studying in Munich, he first worked in research, then worked for a year in an emergency room before continuing and finishing his law degree.

In 1995 Erlinger stopped working as a doctor in order to be able to prepare more intensively for his first state examination in law. He has been working as a lawyer in Munich since 1999, specializing in medical law . He received his doctorate in the disciplines of human medicine and law.

Erlinger became known through the weekly column The Question of Conscience , which he wrote for the Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin from 2002 to 2018 . Here he answered questions from readers who see themselves in a moral conflict. Since 2005, five books have emerged from the column.

In 2006 he hosted the program right living ?! on WDR television . Here he discussed everyday moral issues with guests.

Together with columnist Harald Martenstein ( Die Zeit ), Erlinger appeared regularly in the Berlin Deutsches Theater in 2008 and 2009 . In their moral show , both discussed everyday moral issues and put them to the public for a vote.

In the 2008/2009 winter semester, Rainer Erlinger was a visiting professor at the philosophical and social science faculty of the University of Augsburg . The lectures appeared as a book under the title Reflecting on Morals .

Erlinger lives and works in Berlin.

Works

  • Questions of conscience: disputes about everyday morality, cleared up by the Süddeutsche-Zeitung-Magazin. Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-86615-224-8 .
  • Lies have red ears: questions of conscience for large and small people. Ullstein, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-548-36799-2 .
  • If you ask me: Rainer Erlinger answers questions about everyday morality. Kunstmann, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-88897-469-4 .
  • Moral. How to live really well . S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2011, ISBN 978-3-10-017021-7 .
  • Remorse. 111 Answers to everyday moral questions . Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2011, ISBN 978-3-596-18853-6 .
  • Thinking about morals. Questions of conscience got to the bottom. Augsburg lectures . Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2012, ISBN 978-3-596-18854-3 .
  • Courtesy. Of the value of a worthless virtue . S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2016, ISBN 978-3-10-017028-6 .
  • Can you tell parents that their children are annoying? And other questions of conscience from everyday life . Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2016, ISBN 978-3-596-03596-0 .
  • How amazing can a smile be? 111 Questions of conscience about love and life . Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2018, ISBN 978-3-596-03694-3 .
  • Why tell the truth Duden, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-411-75633-9 .

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personal data
SURNAME Erlinger, Rainer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor, lawyer, columnist and author
DATE OF BIRTH 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Deggendorf