Vittorio Hösle（en）

VittorioHöslVittorioHösl(Grman:[ˈhøːslə];bornJun25,1960)isanItalianbornGrmanphilosophr.HhasauthordworksincludingHglsSystm(1987),MoralundPolitik(1997,trans.asMoralsandPolitics,2004),andDrphilosophischDialog(2006).HhasbninthUnitdStatssinc1999,atthUnirsityofNotrDamwhrhisthPaulKimballProfssorofArtsandLttrs(withconcurrntappointmntsinthDpartmntsofGrman,Philosophy,andPoliticalScinc).Sinc2008,hhasalsosrdasthfoundingDirctorofthNotrDamInstitutforAdancdStudy.[1]Contnts[hid]1Acadmiccarr1.1MoralsandPolitics2Philosophicalblifs3Slctpublications4Salso5Rfrncs6ExtrnallinksAcadmiccarr[dit]HöslcompltdhisdoctoratinphilosophyaboutthHglsSystmatagof21,andarndhisHabilitationatthagof25,bothfromEbrhardKarlsUnirsitätTübingn.Bcausofhisspdinaccomplishingthsfats,hwascallda“Wundrkind”[2]and“thBorisBckrofphilosophy,”.[3]AsofJuly2009,Höslhaswrittnorditd32books(inatlast16languags),andwrittnor125articls.InEurophhasbcom“somthingofaclbrity,thsubjctoftwodocumntarisshownonTVstationsthroughoutEuropandnKora.”[4]On6August2013PopFrancisappointdhimordinarymmbrofthPontificalAcadmyofSocialScincs.[5]Höslprsonallystimatsthath,consratily,cancommunicatinatlastsntndiffrntlanguags,listingGrman,Italian,English,Spanish,Russian,Norwgian,andFrnch;passiknowldgofLatin,Grk,Sanskrit,Pali,Astan,Portugus,Catalan,ModrnGrk,Swdish,andDanish.”[6]MoralsandPolitics[dit]Hösl’smagnumopusishisapproximatly1,000pagMoralsandPolitics(trans.2004).Init,hclaimstoprsnt“acomprhnsiisionofallthknowldgnddtoanswrthdifficultqustionofwhatconstitutsmoralpolicisinthariousfildsofpoliticssuchasforignpolicy,domsticpolicy,conomics,cologyandsuch.”[7]Todosoitoffrsanormatifoundationofthrlationbtwnthicsandpolitics,adscriptithoryofthobjctsofpoliticalphilosophy(includinganthropology,sociobiology,thirtus,thprinciplsofpowr,andththoryofthstats),frombothofwhichprmisshdris“aconcrtpoliticalthics”appropriatforthtwntyfirstcntury.[8]MoralsandPoliticsattmptstoorcomthcompltdcouplingofpoliticsfromthicswhichbginswithMachialli,andfindsitsmosthorrifyingultimatxprssioninCarlSchmitt.[9]Höslargusthatonlyobjctimoralrasonitslfcancriticizxcssmoralisminpoliticsbcaus“itisonlyaslflimitationofthmoralthatcanbtaknsriously,notalimitationofthmoralbysomthingxtrnaltoit—forthissomthingxtrnalwoulditslfhatoapparbforthtribunalofmoraljudgmnt.”[10]Hösldfndsnotjustunirsalism,[11]butmaintainsthatthincrasofunirsalistthicalconsciousnssinChristianityisanundniablformofmoralprogrss.[12]Höslstatsthathisgratstconcrnisthatinthhistoricalcataclysmsthatfacus,wwillabandonnotthslfdstructiaspctsofmodrnity,butrathrprcislyitsunirsalism.”[13]HöslblisthatCarlSchmitt,likFridrichNitzschbforhimandthrlatdmomntofNationalSocialism,allillustratth“artificialataism”ofthoswhoattmpttorpudiatunirsalistidasaftrthirhistoricaldiscory.Suchrpudiationsrsultinrawpowrpositiism,rathrthanthnaïidntificationwithtraditional,prmodrnculturwhichisthsurfacintntionofsuch“countrnlightnmnt”thoris.[14]Hösldfndsthicalunirsalismandmanyrcntachimntsofthmodrnstat,suchas“thintrnationalcodificationofhumanrights.”Halsoargusthatthfoundationofthworldiwwhichsupportshumanrightsis“rodingwithincrasingspd,”andthrforthpoliticalcataclysmsofthtwntithcnturyarbynomans“mrlysuprficialphnomnathatultimatlyblongtothpast.”[15]Höslchallngscrtainmodrnxcsss,suchasthlossofatranscndnthorizonofconsciousnss,[16]Hargusthatanxcssifocusonconomicgrowthandrxpandingconsumptionhasincrasdprcidndsmorquicklythanitcanmtthm,[17]whichladstoslfabsorptionandlolssnss,[18]andadmandformorrsourcscologicallythancanbsustaindforfuturgnrationsorunirsalizdtoallthpoplofthworld.[19]Höslconsidrsthmodrnstat’s(classical)libralcapitalism,asqualifidbythlatmodrnwlfarstat,asignificantmoralachimntdutoitshighlyfficintproductionanddistributionofgoods.[20]Höslargusthsmoralrasonstolimitmoralisminconomics,thatJohnRawls’sdiffrncprinciplcannotbunconditionallyalidinconomics,andthatthtchnicalxprtisofconomistsisancssarycomponntindtrminingthproprmansofprntingxcssilylargsocialoppositionsfromarising.[21]Philosophicalblifs[dit]Hösl’sownphilosophycombins“objctiidalism”withathoryofintrsubjctiity.InthiswayhskstounitthtraditionalidalisticphilosophyofPlatoandHglwiththtranscndntalpragmaticsdlopdbyKarlOttoApl.Hösldscribshimslfasattmptingtoritaliz“objctiidalism”:“Thconictionthatwcanhasynthticaprioriknowldg,andthatthisknowldgdiscorssomthingthatisindpndntofourmind,isofparticularimportancforpracticalphilosophy.Itgroundsthpositioncalld‘moralralism’:Albitthmorallawisnithraphysicalnoramntalnorasocialfact,itisnrthlss;itblongstoanidalsphrofbingthatpartlydtrminsthstructursofral(physical,mntal,social)bing.”[22]HöslblisthathisapproachrunscountrtothdominanttrndsofWstrnphilosophyfollowingthrisofpostHglianphilosophyinth1830s,andspciallyamid“thatultracriticalthinkingwhichhasswptorEuroplikagratwa”bginninginth1960s.[23]AusfulintroductiontothmanygroundsonwhichHöslcriticizsthoftnunchallngdrlatiisticassumptionsofourtimisproiddin“FoundationalIssusofObjctiIdalism,”thopningssayofObjctiIdalism,EthicsandPolitics(1998).Hstablishshispositipositionlarglythroughrflxiortranscndntalrasoning—thatis,rflctionsuponthncssaryprsuppositionsofallrasonandspch.WhilththorticalaltrnatiHöslproidsislarglyPlatonicandHglian,hispracticalphilosophycouldbdscribdasamodifidKantianism,andisdlopdinthsamolum'sscondssay:“ThGratnssandLimitsofKant’sPracticalPhilosophy.”ThrHöslargusthatthautonomous,rationalist,andunirsalistpositionsofKant,basdonthsynthticapriori,rmainunsurpassdandindispnsablachimnts.Howr,HösldosgrantthatKantwasmistakninnglctingthndtocultiatthmotions,aswllasinhisorlyformalistapproach,whichnglctsthndforconcrtknowldgofcircumstancsandwronglydnisthpossibilityofmorallycompllingxcptionstoobjctimoralruls.[24]Slctpublications[dit]“Cicro’sPlato.”WinrStudin121(2008):145170.DarwinismandPhilosophy(coditdwithChristianIllis).NotrDam:UnirsityofNotrDamPrss,2005.DidthGrksDlibratlyUsthGoldnRatioinanArtwork?AHrmnuticalRflction.LaParoladlPassato362(2009):41526.“ThIdaofaRationalisticPhilosophyofRligionandItsChallngs.”JahrbuchfürRligionsphilosophi6(2007):159181HglsSystm:DrIdalismusdrSubjktiitätunddasProblmdrIntrsubjktiität.[Hgl’sSystm:ThIdalismofSubjctiityandthProblmofIntrsubjctiity.]2olums.Hamburg:FlixMinrVrlag,1987.2nddition,1998.“IntrprtingPhilosophicalDialogus.”AntikundAbndland48(2002):6890.“IsThrProgrssinthHistoryofPhilosophy?”InHgl’sHistoryofPhilosophy,d.D.A.Duqutt,185204.Albany,NY:SUNYPrss,2003.“ThLostProdigalSon’sCorporalWorksofMrcyandthBridgroom’sWdding:ThRligiousSubtxtofCharlsDickns’GratExpctations.”Anglia126(2008):477502.MoralundPolitk:GrundlagninrPolitischnEthikfurdas21.Jahrhundrt.Munich:Bck,1997.MoralsandPolitics,trans.StnRndall.NotrDam:NotrDamUnirsityPrss,2004.ObjctiIdalism,EthicsandPolitics.NotrDam:UnirsityofNotrDamPrss,1998.Platonintrprtirn.Padrborn:FrdinandSchöningh,2004.DrphilosophischDialog:EinPotikundHrmnutik.[ThPhilosophicalDialogu:APoticandHrmnuticalThory.]Münchn:C.H.BckVrlag,2006.“PhilosophyanditsLanguags:APhilosophr’sRflctionsonthRisofEnglishasUnirsalAcadmicLanguag.”InThContstofLanguags,d.M.Bloomr,24562.NotrDam:UnirsityofNotrDamPrss,2005.PhilosophidrökologischnKris:MoskaurVorträg.[PhilosophyofthEcologicalCrisis:MoscowLcturs.]Münchn:C.H.Bck,1991.“Vico’sAgofHrosandthAgofMninJohnFord’sFilmThManWhoShotLibrtyValanc”(coauthordwithMarkRoch).Clio23(1994):131147.“VicounddiIddrKulturwissnschaft”[“VicoandthIdaofCulturalScinc.”]IntroductiontoGiambattistaVico,PrinzipininrnunWissnschaftübrdigminsamNaturdrVölkr[PrinciplsofaNwScincconcrningthCommonNaturofPopls.]Ed.andtrans.HöslandCh.Jrmann.2olums.Hamburg:FlixMinrVrlag,1990.WoodyAlln:AnEssayonthNaturofthComical.NotrDam:UnirsityofNotrDamPrss,2007.Salso[dit]Plato'sunwrittndoctrins,forthTübingnSchoolofPlatointrprtationRfrncs[dit]1.Jumpuphttp:ndias.nd.du2.JumpupHubrtusBrur,“Hglkhrtzurürck,”DiZit3312(12August1994).3.JumpupJohnMonczunski,“ThAmazingWorldofVittorioHösl,”NotrDamMagazin(Spring2007),p.58a.4.JumpupMonczunski,“ThAmazingWorldofVittorioHösl,”58b.5.JumpupVittorioHösl'spagatthPontificalAcadmyofSocialScincshttp:www.pass.acontntscinzsocialinacadmiciansordinaryhosl.html6.JumpupACVisaailablonHösl’sprofssionalwbsit:http:www.nd.duhosl7.JumpupMonczunski,“ThAmazingWorldofVittorioHösl,”58d.8.JumpupHösl,MoralsandPolitics,trans.StnRndall(NotrDam:UnirsityofNotrDamPrss,2004),PrfactothEnglishTranslation,xi.9.JumpupHösl,MoralsandPolitics,x,3031,58.10.JumpupHösl,MoralsandPolitics,80.11.JumpupHösl,MoralsandPolitics,10721,17682.12.JumpupHösl,MoralsandPolitics,2627.13.JumpupHösl,MoralsandPolitics,180.14.JumpupCf.Hösl,MoralsandPolitics,.g.178,59698.15.JumpupHösl,MoralsandPolitics,59.16.JumpupHösl,MoralsandPolitics,58898.17.JumpupHösl,MoralsandPolitics,xi,665;salso715.18.JumpupHösl,MoralsandPolitics,179,279.19.JumpupHösl,MoralsandPolitics,.g.xii,48182,60218,87881.20.JumpupHösl,MoralsandPolitics,5455.21.JumpupCf.Hösl,MoralsandPolitics,5455,11011,66569.22.JumpupHösl,ObjctiIdalism,EthicsandPolitics(NotrDam:UnirsityofNotrDamPrss,1998),Prfac,ii.23.JumpupHösl,“FoundationalIssusofObjctiIdalism,”inObjctiIdalism,EthicsandPolitics,15.24.JumpupHösl,“ThGratnssandLimitsofKant’sPracticalPhilosophy,”inObjctiIdalism,EthicsandPolitics,sp.4144,4857.Extrnallinks[dit]Hösl'sprofssionalwbsitNotrDamInstitutforAdancdStudyHösl'spagatthPontificalAcadmyofSocialScincsJohnMonczunski,“ThAmazingWorldofVittorioHösl” VittorioHösl Contnts Acadmiccarr[ MoralsandPolitics[ Philosophicalblifs[ Slctpublications[ Salso[ Rfrncs[ Extrnallinks[