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What sort of human behavior might be deemed not only proper but justified within the framework of Aristotelian virtue ethics? The present study takes up this question on the basis of medieval Aristotle reception, in the work of Thomas Aquinas in particular. It reveals there is great philosophical promise - from a methodic and systematic perspective - in combining virtue ethics with ethical universalism. Wie lässt sich im Rahmen einer an Aristoteles orientierten Tugendethik begründen, dass man gerecht handeln soll? Gerechtes Handeln sollte dabei nicht nur das eigene Glück verfolgen, sondern vielmehr das fremde Wohl. Gibt es die Möglichkeit, kulturinvariante und überzeitliche Normen gerechten Handelns in systematisch und methodisch überzeugender Weise herauszustellen? Die vorliegende Studie untersucht diese Probleme anhand einschlägiger Positionen der mittelalterlichen Rezeption von Aristotelesʼ Gerechtigkeitstheorie, besonders der des Thomas von Aquin. Sie zeigt, dass die in diesen Positionen entwickelte Verbindung des tugendethischen Ansatzes mit einem ethischen Universalismus eine vielversprechende philosophische Option in systematischer und methodischer Hinsicht darstellt.

Universalism. --- Aristotle. --- Thomism. --- Virtue ethics. --- ethical universalism. --- theory of justice.

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Kafka's work has been attributed a universal significance and is often regarded as the ultimate witness of the human condition in the twentieth century. Yet his work is also considered paradigmatic for the expression of the singular that cannot be subsumed under any generalization. This paradox engenders questions not only concerning the meaning of the universal as it manifests itself in (and is transformed by) Kafka's writings but also about the expression of the singular in literary fiction as it challenges the opposition between the universal and the singular. The contributions in this volume approach these questions from a variety of perspectives. They are structured according to the following issues: ambiguity as a tool of deconstructing the pre-established philosophical meanings of the universal; the concept of the law as a major symbol for the universal meaning of Kafka's writings; the presence of animals in Kafka's texts; the modernist mode of writing as challenge of philosophical concepts of the universal; and the meaning and relevance of the universal in contemporary Kafka reception. This volume examines central aspects of the interplay between philosophy and literature.

Philosophy in literature --- Kafka, Franz, --- Criticism and interpretation --- Authors, Austrian --- Austrian authors --- Singularity. --- modernism. --- narrative. --- universalism. --- Ḳafḳa, Frants, --- Kʻapʻŭkʻa, --- Kafka, F. --- Kaphka, Phrants, --- Ḳafḳa, Amshel, --- Kafka, Franc, --- Kʻa-fu-kʻa, --- Kʻa-fu-kʻa, Fu-lang-tzʻu, --- Kāk̲apkā, --- Кафка, Франц, --- Кафка, Ф., --- フランツ・カフカ, --- קאפקא, פראנץ, --- קאפקא, פרנץ, --- קאפקה, פראנץ, --- קפקא, --- קפקא, פרנץ, --- كافكا، فرانتس، --- كفكا، فرنز، --- کافکا، فرانز، --- Kafka, Franz

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"E. Pauline Johnson, also known as Tekahionwake, is remarkable as one of a very few early North American Indigenous poets and fiction writers. Most Indigenous writers of her time were men educated for the ministry who published religious, anthropological, autobiographical, political, and historical works, rather than poetry and fiction. More extraordinary still, she became both a canonical poet and a literary celebrity, performing on stage for fifteen years across Canada, in the US, and in London. Johnson is now seen as a central figure in the intellectual history of Canada and the United States, and as an important historical example of Indigenous feminism. This edition collects a diverse range of Johnson's writings on what was then called "the Indian question" and on the question of her own complex Indigenous identity. Six thematic sections gather Johnson's poetry, fiction, and non-fiction, and a rich selection of historical appendices provide context for her public life and her work as a feminist and activist for Indigenous people"--

Canadian literature (English) --- English literature --- Canadian literature --- Native authors --- Study and teaching. --- History and criticism. --- Indian authors --- Johnson, E. Pauline, --- Canada --- Johnson, Pauline, --- Johnson, Emily Pauline, --- Tekahionwake, --- Tekahion-wake, --- Dz︠h︡onson, Polin, --- Tekahionveĭk, --- Johnson, E. Pauline --- Canadian literary history. --- Eurocentrism. --- Idle No More. --- Imaginary Indian. --- Indigenous epistemologies. --- Indigenous images. --- Indigenous literary approaches. --- Indigenous literary history. --- Indigenous literary nationalism. --- epistemological diffusionism. --- gender. --- pedagogy. --- positionality. --- reconciliation. --- sovereignty. --- storytelling, ethics. --- tribalist. --- universalism.