Jahrbuch Fur Recht Und Ethik / Annual Review of Law and Ethics: Bd. 19 (211). Themenschwerpunkt: Pol

English summary: This volume of the Annual Review of Law and Ethics focusses mainly on selected problems from the area of political ethics. In this process, the first part deals with basic problems of political ethics. Subsequently, the second part deals with the reciprocal argumentative relationship between political ethics on the one hand, and human dignity and human rights on the other. The area of tension between political ethics and (positive) law lies in the centre of the third part of the present volume, while the fourth part summarizes answers to selected specific problems of political ethics. This is followed by articles on the ascription of responsibility and on medical ethics in two further parts of this Review. As usual, the volume is ompleted by the discussion forum and book reviews. German description: Das Jahrbuch fur Recht und Ethik widmet sich im Schwerpunkt dieses Bandes ausgew?hlten Problemen der Politischen Ethik. Hierzu werden zun?chst in einem ersten Teil Grundfragen der Politischen Ethik behandelt. Danach geht es im zweiten Teil um die wechselseitige Begrundungsrelation zwischen Politischer Ethik einerseits sowie Menschenwurde und Menschenrechten andererseits. Das Spannungsverh?ltnis zwischen Politischer Ethik und dem (positiven) Recht steht im Mittelpunkt des dritten Teils des vorliegenden Bandes, w?hrend der vierte Teil Antworten auf einige spezielle Anwendungsprobleme der Politischen Ethik zusammenfasst. Dem schlie?en sich in zwei weiteren Teilen des Jahrbuchs Beitr?ge zur Zuschreibung von Verantwortlichkeit und zur Medizinethik an. Der Band wird - wie ublich - abgeschlossen durch das Diskussionsforum und Rezensionen. This volume of the Annual Review of Law and Ethics focusses mainly on selected problems from the area of political ethics. In this process, the first part deals with basic problems of political ethics. Subsequently, the second part deals with the reciprocal argumentative relationship between political ethics on the one hand, and human dignity and human rights on the other. The area of tension between political ethics and (positive) law lies in the centre of the third part of the present volume, while the fourth part summarizes answers to selected specific problems of political ethics. This is followed by articles on the ascription of responsibility and on medical ethics in two further parts of this Review. As usual, the volume is completed by the discussion forum and book reviews.