Walter Kerber

Walter Kerber at the University of Philosophy in 1982

Walter Kerber SJ (born March 28, 1926 in Karlsruhe , † February 26, 2006 in Unterhaching , district of Munich ) was a German social ethicist and Catholic theologian .

Life

Walter Kerber joined the Jesuit order after the end of the Second World War in 1945 . Kerber studied at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg in Freiburg im Breisgau and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome . He received his doctorate in 1966 in Freiburg with his thesis "The Distribution Theory of Kenneth E. Boulding" at the Faculty of Law and Political Science. rer. pole. PhD , later also a Dr. phil.

In 1967 he was appointed to the Chair for Ethics and Social Sciences at the Jesuit School of Philosophy Munich appointed . Linked to this was the management of the Institute for Social Policy. In addition, from 1984 to 1995 he headed the research and study project of the Rottendorf Foundation "Questions about a new world culture."

In addition to teaching the philosophical subjects “general ethics” and “social ethics”, his primary interest was Catholic social teaching , whose ability to innovate he wanted to demonstrate. In lectures, panel discussions and publications and as a member of many scientific and church organizations, he faced current ethical questions.

Kerber died as a result of a long-standing Parkinson's disease .

Fonts

• The distribution theory of Kenneth E. Boulding , Duncker and Humblot, Berlin, 1966
• The encyclical " Populorum Progressio ", its main features and its problems , Russ, Bregenz, 1968
• Prosperity crime - the new challenge , Edition Interfrom, Zurich, 1976, ISBN 3-7201-5078-X
• Gerechtigkeit , Herder 1981, ISBN 3-451-19217-9 , together with Claus Westermann, Bernhard Spörlein, Alfons Deissler, Emil Küng
• Money and Property , Kanisius, Freiburg, 1982, ISBN 3-85764-146-0
• Moral norms - on the problem of their general and unchangeable validity , Patmos, Düsseldorf, 1982, ISBN 3-491-77262-1
• The changing world of work: Unemployment as an impetus and challenge , Patmos, Düsseldorf, 1984, ISBN 3-491-77286-9
• An overview of Catholic society , Knecht, Frankfurt am Main, 1991, ISBN 3-7820-0623-2
• Social thinking in a torn world - impulses of Catholic social teaching in Europe , Herder 1991, ISBN 3-451-02136-6 , together with Johannes Müller
• How tolerant is Islam? , Kindt, Munich, 1991, ISBN 3-925412-11-5
• Facing new challenges for mankind: Encyclical " Centesimus annus " Pope John Paul II , Herder 1991, ISBN 3-451-22474-7 (commentary by Walter Kerber)
• Justice and social order , Herder 1996, ISBN 3-451-23942-6 , together with Johannes Müller
• Personality cult and veneration of saints , Kindt, Munich, 1997, ISBN 3-925412-19-0
• Social ethics , Kohlhammer, 1998, ISBN 3-17-009967-1

literature

• Norbert Brieskorn , Johannes Müller (ed.): Justice and social order. Festschrift for Walter Kerber , Freiburg im Breisgau 1996
• Bernhard Josef Stalla:  KERBER, Walter SJ. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 27, Bautz, Nordhausen 2007, ISBN 978-3-88309-393-2 , Col. 741-745.

Web links

• Literature by and about Walter Kerber in the catalog of the German National Library
• Obituary Walter Kerber (Institute for Social Policy) ( Memento from August 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
• "Social ethicist Walter Kerber died" (obituary in idw February 27, 2006)