Wissenschaftliche Beiträge zur Philosophiedidaktik und Bildungsphilosophie

The central reference point of the volume is Heinz-Joachim Heydorn's essay „Survival Through Bildung - Outline of a prospect“ (1974), which was translated into English and subsequently made available to a broad public for the first time. Despite the time gap of almost 50 years, Heydorn's text is fascinating, because the survival of humanity – at least a qualitatively substantial survival of humanity – seems extremely questionable today. Researchers with different theoretical perspectives question the text on its contemporary content and put their interpretations up for discussion.

What role does ethics play in vocational education? The subject of ethics is now firmly established at universities that train for professional fields such as nursing, medicine, social work and the police. In view of this development, this volume initiates a scientific debate about the design of the subject. The contributions discuss the tasks, goals and content of ethics in vocational education and training, taking into account the challenges specific to the occupational field as well as the associated social, political and discursive fields of tension.