Do you ever dream of finding a forgotten treasure in your attic? Something of the kind happened to me. As I found out together with professor Katja Triplett, one of the volumes in the Ethica section (Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, A: 57.13 Eth.), a Japanese translation of Thomas a Kempis’ „Imitation of Christ“, is among the rarest books in … Continue reading Global Ethica: Japan, the Jesuits, and One of the Rarest Books in the World

The German artist Hannes Möller has a passion for books, and he is fascinated by their individual character. Since 2007, his ambitious project on libraries reconstructs lost libraries such as the collection of Eberbach Abbey, a former Cistercian monastery in Southwestern Germany, portrays old books in their fragility and uniqueness, and depicts the burnt books of the Herzogin Anna Amalia … Continue reading Ethica in Art: Hannes Möller

As The Guardian reports, Oxford Dictionaries have named 'post-truth' word of the year. This is in line with the latest discussions on 'post-truth politics', for example in a recent Economist's leaders on The Art of the Lie. What about 'post-truth ethics', then? 'Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour', thunders the King James Bible in … Continue reading Little Lies: Post-Truth and Ethics

Welcome to the new webpage of the project 'The Ways of Virtue'. In the future, we will work on different aspects of this site. For the project, see the menu for further information.