Strategic challenges for Austrian universities with a special emphasis on Vienna 2010 AD

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Scientific Study from the year 2009 in the subject Law - Comparative Legal Systems, Comparative Law, Vienna University of Economics and Business (Institut für Rechtsphilosophie, Religions- und Kulturrecht), course: Against white-washing shadows of philosophers in ethics lectures/courses, language: English, abstract: At universities, students are often presented (almost) semi-divine personalities, be it KANT, be it HEGEL, be it HUME, be it other important, influencial thinkers, especially in the field of - so called - ethics , be it e.g. so called management ethics, be it so called legal ethics. Some of these students are simply one thing: fed up with the way of in fact almost gloryfying (!) these men. It remains the job of at least some people to at least partially critically (re-)think what and how things are presented to students. Vienna, a city of critically thinking men and women? Vienna, a city, in which e.g. Immanuel KANT is (also!) presented in a (more) critical manner, e.g. with respect to KANTs views e.g. on women, Afro-americans, Jews? Vienna, a city, in which also a so called faculty of law exists in which (some!) legal philosophers nothwithstanding the fact, that many of them would in fact wish to change some ways and words of presenting e.g. KANT, HEGEL, or ROUSSEAU to students simply, contrary to a sometimes I-am-willing-to-change-something rhetorics- do not change anything in the direction e.g. of also informing students at least about the existence of Prof Dr Anton Wilhelm AMO, a contemporary of e.g. Immanuel KANT, a man who had to suffer so many prejudices, who tought at universities, nothwithstanding racial, (partially) hatred-filled, boastful, texts, spoken and unspoken words. Why not mention e.g. him for instance in the Viennese Einführungsskripten (introductory scripts to law) , also e.g. the script of a corresponding member of the AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, Prof Dr Gerhard LUF, a man also educated and gifted in arts, of huge knowledge also in literature, a man also known for his opinion on the former Auwald-Besetzung in the KREISKY-era and its conflicts, a personality also known for his favour of football, and: the development of (universal?) human rights? Is it "bad" to write at least one word in e.g. a script, thus not directing into a positive thinking of e.g. KANT stood for? Why not? Are in fact: rather simply/clearly presented answers always good answers? Is it probably bad for e.g. forthcoming lawyers, civil rights activists, journalists, public prosecutors, tax managers (etc) not to know at least one (clear!) word about uncritical texts of KANT, his thoughts on women, or of MONTESQUIEUs opinion in Lesprit de la Loi with respect to slavery [sic!]? Why not? Does this enhance democracy in Austria ?

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