Michael Festl

Mitgliedschaften & Engagements:
• Vice-President of the Philosophical Society of Eastern Switzerland.
• Member of the German Philosophical Society

Akademisches Leben:
• Doctoral Studies in Organization and Culture, Dissertation in Philosophy.
• Member of the St. Gallen Research Center for Ageing, Welfare and Labour Market Analysis
• Magister Artium (Master) in Philosophy with Sociology and Statistics.
• Master of Arts in Banking and Finance at the University of St. Gallen.
• Bachelor of Honors in Business Administration at the University of Applied Sciences Landshut

Aufsätze:
• "Der Zerfall der Sein-Sollen-Schranke als Herausforderung für die praktische Philosophie". (2010) Lutherstadt Wittenberg: Wittenberg Centre for Global Ethics.
• "Moral Philosophy beyond the Fact-Value Dichotomy". (2010) St. Gallen Research Centre for Ageing, Welfare and Labour Market Analysis. Download:
http://www.scala.unisg.ch/org/scala/web.nsf/wwwPubInhalteEng/Seminars+FS10?opendocument
Vorträge:
• “Justice – Dewey and Honneth”, at: Lucerne Graduate Conference, Lucerne, February 2012.
• “Die Bedeutung von Selbstrepräsentationen in einer immanenten normativen Theorie. Eine Untersuchung am Beispiel der Arbeit“, at: (Re-)Presentations of Working Life: 10th Interdisciplinary and International Conference for Graduates and Postgraduates of Social Sciences, Humanities and Cultural Studies, Erlangen, November 2011.
• “Wer bin ich und was ist Freundschaft? Philosophie für Kinder“, at: St. Galler Literaturfest Wortlaut, St. Gallen, October 2011.
• “Alle Menschen streben nach Wissen! Die Metaphysik des Aristoteles“, at: St. Galler Literaturfest Wortlaut, St. Gallen, October 2011.
• “Gerechtigkeitstheorie nach der pragmatistischen Wende der Erkenntnistheorie“, at: Crossing Borders: 9th Congress of the Austrian Society of Philosophy, Vienna, June 2011.
• “Alienation in the Modern Work Environment? Searching for Empirical Evidence”, at: St. Gallen Research Centre for Ageing, Welfare and Labour Market Analysis, St. Gallen, May 2011.
• “Das Gewebe der Gerechtigkeit. Axel Honneths Gerechtigkeitstheorie“, at: Philosophic Society of Eastern Switzerland, St. Gallen, April 2011.
• “Gerechtigkeit als Verbesserung des Wirklichen. Eine Theorie der Gerechtigkeit basierend auf John Dewey“, at: Das Recht der Freiheit. Workshop with Axel Honneth, Goslar, September 2010.
• “Rationality and Morality: From a Philosophical Perspective, Is There Such a Thing as an Immoral and at the Same Time Rational Action?”, at: Workshop Ethics & Economics, Barchem (The Netherlands), August 2010.
• “Moral Philosophy beyond the Fact-Value Dichotomy”, at: St. Gallen Research Centre for Ageing, Welfare and Labour Market Analysis, St. Gallen, May 2010.