Can an affluent society ration healthcare while simultaneously insisting on the right to have a child of one's choosing? Is it permissible to violate existing law in the name of climate protection? Otfried Höffe addresses these and many other highly topical and fiercely debated questions in this collection of essays, from both the perspective of a moral philosopher and that of an ordinary citizen. Biography: Otfried Höffe, born in 1943, is Professor of Philosophy and Head of the Research Center for Political Philosophy at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. He is one of the most prolific and influential thinkers of our time. He is a member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, and the first foreign member of the Tehran Academy of Philosophy and Philosophy. He holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Porto Alegre, Brazil (PUCRS), and is the recipient of the Karl Vossler Prize for scholarly works of literary merit. New product