Gerechtigkeit und Frieden in der Weltunordnung. Herausforderungen und Perspektiven einer Ethik der internationalen Beziehungen

The international order, based on international law and guided by human rights, has become fragile. The United Nations Security Council appears to be deadlocked for the foreseeable future. With the erosion of the prohibition on the use of force and threatened or actual territorial conquests by China (for example, in the South China Sea), Russia (Ukraine) and the USA (Gaza, Greenland, Canada), the two central principles of the UN Charter and international law are under attack. How is it possible to pursue a policy grounded in human rights, justice and peace amidst such global disorder? Can we succeed in shaping a ‘values-based realism’ (Alexander Stubb)? These questions will be the focus of the lecture by Adjunct Professor Dr Michael Haspel.

The speaker:
Michael Haspel is a research employee at the Martin Luther Institute and head of the Department of Systematic Theology at the University of Erfurt. He is also an adjunct professor of Systematic Theology at Friedrich Schiller University in Jena. In his courses, he aims to support students in developing their own theological judgement. Key topics in systematic theology include the image of God and human dignity, faith and love, justification and justice, Christianity and Judaism, sin and liberation/salvation, as well as peace and political ethics.

Michael Haspel’s research focuses on the theology of Martin Luther King and the Black abolitionists, the Church and society – particularly in the USA and the (former) GDR – the Church and right-wing populism, peace ethics and security policy, ecclesiology and diaconal ministry, the foundations of (social) ethics, and the ethics of sexuality and ways of life.

Admission to the lectures in this lecture series is free. However, please note that seating in the Town Hall Ballroom is limited to 180.