Wilhelm Korff
Wilhelm Korff (born November 29, 1926 in Hilden ; † August 4, 2019 in Munich , buried in Hilden) was a German Roman Catholic clergyman , theologian and social ethicist .
Life
Wilhelm Korff studied philosophy and theology at the University of Bonn from 1946 to 1950 . After ordination in 1952, he worked as a pastor in Essen , Neuss , Sürth , Düsseldorf and Bonn for 21 years , first as a chaplain and later as a student pastor . In 1965 he became Theological Catholic with a thesis on "honor, prestige conscience" at the Faculty of the University of Bonn to Dr. theol. PhD. In 1973 his basic work on social and ethics became “Norm and Morality. Investigations on the Logic of Normative Reason ”accepted as a habilitation thesis by the same faculty.
From 1973 to 1979 he was professor for theological ethics with special emphasis on social sciences at the University of Tübingen . From 1979 he was professor for Christian social ethics at the University of Munich . In 1993 he retired .
From 1991 to 1996 he was a member of the Advisory Council for Environmental Issues at the Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. From 1993 to 1999 he was head of the scientific editorial team set up by the Görres Society to develop a bioethics dictionary and a manual on business ethics in Munich. He was also co-editor of the 3rd edition of the Lexikons für Theologie und Kirche (1993 to 2001). For 2012, Wilhelm Korff was awarded the Görres Society's Ring of Honor . He was a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts .
Fonts (selection)
- Honor, prestige, conscience . Cologne 1965
- Theological ethics. An introduction. With the collaboration of Walter Fürst and Josef Torggler. (Theological seminar) Freiburg / Basel / Vienna (Herder) 1975; 2nd edition 1979; Italian: Introduzione all'etica teologica (Quaderni di teologia, vol. 18), Assisi 1978.
- Nuclear Energy and Moral Theology. The contribution of theological ethics to the question of general criteria of ethical decision-making processes. (Suhrkamp Taschenbuch 597), Frankfurt 1979.
- Norm and morality. Investigations into the logic of normative reason. 2nd newly introduced edition: Freiburg / Munich (Alber) 1985.
- How can man be successful? Perspectives of Ethics. (Series Piper 394), Munich / Zurich 1985.
Articles in magazines and books (selection)
- In search of the common sense of human action. In: Konrad Hilpert (ed.): Theological ethics autobiographical. Schöningh 2007, pp. 45-97.
- Christian social ethics. An outline of their foundation. In: Markus Vogt (Ed.): Christian Social Ethics - Architecture of a Young Discipline , pp. 61–78.
- Research project classification systems of applied ethics. In: Markus Vogt (Ed.): Christian Social Ethics - Architecture of a Young Discipline , pp. 79–89.
Writings as co-editor
- with Anselm Hertz , Trutz Rendtorff and Hermann Ringeling : Handbook of Christian Ethics. Volumes 1 and 2: Freiburg / Basel / Vienna (Herder / Gütersloher publishing house) 1978; (Herder / Gütersloher publishing house) 1982; updated new edition volumes 1–3: Freiburg / Basel / Vienna (Herder) 1993.
- with Lutwin Beck and Paul Mikat : Lexicon of Bioethics. 3 volumes. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 1998, ISBN 3-579-00234-1 .
- as managing co-editor: Handbuch der Wirtschaftsethik. 4 volumes. Gütersloh 1999
- with Walter Kasper , Konrad Baumgartner , Horst Bürkle , Klaus Ganzer , Karl Kertelge and Peter Walter : Lexicon for Theology and Church. 3rd, completely revised edition, 10 volumes 1993–2001.
- with Markus Vogt : Structural systems of applied ethics. A manual . Herder, Freiburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-451-34238-7 .
literature
- Gerhard Mertens, Wolfgang Kluxen and Paul Mikat (ed.): Markings of humanity. Social-ethical challenges on the way to a new millennium. Festschrift for Wilhelm Korff. Paderborn / Munich / Vienna / Zurich 1992.
- Gerhard Bachleitner and Wolfram Winger (eds.): Modernism in transition. Questions about sustainable ethics. Social ethics symposium on the 75th birthday of Wilhelm Korff. Freiburg / Switzerland and Freiburg / Vienna 2003.
- Markus Vogt: On the ethical re-measurement of the human action world in Wilhelm Korff's work . In: Ders (Ed.): Christian Social Ethics - Architecture of a Young Discipline. Academic ceremony for the 85th birthday of Wilhelm Korff . Verlag Lutz Garnies, Haar 2012, ISBN 978-3-926163-76-9 , pp. 14–31.
Web links
- Literature by and about Wilhelm Korff in the catalog of the German National Library
- Wilhelm Korff. Comprehensive chronological and problem-oriented bibliography, created by Wolfram Winger, continued by Gerhard Bachleitner. In: wilhelm-korff.info. Retrieved March 28, 2018 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ kaththeol.uni-muenchen.de: Prof. em. Dr. Wilhelm Korff died , August 4, 2019 , accessed on August 6, 2019.
- ↑ Members (as of March 20, 2018). (PDF; 951 kB) In: euro-acad.eu. March 20, 2018, p. 30 , accessed March 28, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Korff, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Roman Catholic clergyman, theologian and social ethicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hilden |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th August 2019 |
| Place of death | Hilden |