Rudolf Weiler

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Rudolf Weiler (born March 12, 1928 in Vienna ) is an Austrian , Roman Catholic theologian , social ethicist and priest .

Life

Weiler was born the son of a post office manager. In 1946 he graduated with distinction and entered the Vienna seminary . He studied Catholic theology at the University of Vienna and was ordained a priest in 1951 by Cardinal Theodor Innitzer . Weiler initially worked as a priest in the Archdiocese of Vienna and as chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Apostolic Work Church and Sport .

In 1953 he was at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna to Dr. theol. PhD . In 1954 he began to study political science at the Law Faculty of the University of Vienna, in 1961 he was awarded a Dr. rer. pole. PhD. In 1964 he received a teaching position at the chair for ethics and social sciences, in the same year he completed his habilitation on November 18 with Johannes Messner with the habilitation thesis "Economic cooperation in a pluralistic society". In 1964 he also received the Cardinal Innitzer Prize .

In 1966 Rudolf Weiler became an associate . University professor for ethics and social sciences at the Catholic-Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna appointed and released from parish service. In 1966 he was also founding director of the Institute for Social Ethics at the University of Vienna. In 1968 he was appointed full university professor. 1970/1971 he was Dean of the Catholic Theological Faculty.

In 1967 the University Center for Peace Research (UZF) was founded at the faculty with a focus on peace ethics and international ethics, of which Weiler was the first chairman for many years. He cooperated in particular with the Russian Academy of Sciences . In 1996 he was at the University of Vienna emeritus . From 1995 to 2003 he worked as an honorary professor at the Philosophical-Theological University in St. Pölten (PTH) ; since 2000 he has been teaching at the Pontifical Philosophical-Theological College Benedict XVI. in Heiligenkreuz .

Rudolf Weiler has been Honorary Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Institute for Religion and Peace at the Austrian Military Ordinary since 1999 and 2001 . He was a full member of the Vienna Catholic Academy.

Weiler was president of the Johannes Messner Society for many years and since 1951 a member of the Catholic student association ÖKAV Rhaeto-Danubia in Vienna in the ÖCV .

He is editor of the series of publications of the Institute for Ethics and Social Sciences and has published numerous works.

Awards

Fonts (selection)

  • with Valentin Zsifkovits : On the way to peace. Contributions to the idea and reality of peace. Herder 1973, ISBN 3-210-24436-7 .
  • with Herbert Schambeck , Alfred Klose , Valentin Zsifkovits: Order in social change. Duncker & Humblot 1976, ISBN 3-428-03513-5 .
  • Parliament as a place to deal with social conflicts . In: Andreas Khol u. a. (Ed.): About parliament and party. Alfred Maleta on his 70th birthday , Graz a. a .: Styria 1976 (series of studies by the political academy of the Austrian People's Party; 1), pp. 141–150.
  • with Herbert Schambeck, Alfred Klose: The new natural law. Duncker & Humblot 1985, ISBN 3-428-05905-0 .
  • Peace discourse from different ideological perspectives. Duncker & Humblot 1988, ISBN 3-428-06443-7 .
  • with Herbert Schambeck: Man is the way of the church. Duncker & Humblot 1992, 3-428-07424-6.
  • with Werner Freistetter : The unity of cultural ethics in many forms of ethos. Duncker & Humblot 1993, ISBN 3-428-07590-0 .
  • with Wolfgang Schmitz : Interest and morals. Duncker & Humblot 1994, ISBN 3-428-08152-8 .
  • with Akira Mizunami : Justice in the social order. Duncker & Humblot 1999, ISBN 3-428-09554-5 .
  • International legal order and ethics. Duncker & Humblot 2000, ISBN 3-428-10275-4 .
  • International ethics. An introduction. First volume: The moral order of the international community. Duncker & Humblot 1986, ISBN 3-428-06133-0 .
  • International ethics. An introduction. Volume Two: Questions of the International Moral Order. Peace in freedom and justice. Duncker & Humblot 1989, ISBN 3-428-06134-9 .
  • Natural law in application. Lectures in memory of Johannes Messner, founder of the “Vienna School of Natural Rights Ethics”. With contributions by Rudolf Weiler and Herbert Schambeck. Vienna (among others) 2009, ISBN 978-3-7083-0614-8 .

Web links

Commons : Rudolf Weiler  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Hamlet, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian theologian and Roman Catholic social ethicist
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna