Loading...Comparative Justice: how to improve the world
Amartya Sen illustrates why the approach of transcendental institutions is struggling in a globalised world and how comparative methods are better able to improve our world. In his recent book “The Idea of Justice”, Amartya Sen, a Nobel-Prize winner and professor of philosophy and economics at Harvard University, seeks ways to decrease injustice rather than to find the perfect model of justice. The publication starts …
Below Average
Every year the Financial Times publishes various rankings of business schools. One of these lists focuses on Master programs, excluding MBAs. The difference is that to get enrolled in an MBA course, the student usually needs to demonstrate a couple of years of working experience, whereas for a normal Master (MSc or MA), as it is offered in Europe, this is not necessary (These programs …
Venice
Threatened to completely drown, according to some pessimistic tongues, Venice is a must-visit place. Most of the roughly 270,000 inhabitants, however, life on the mainland. The others are connected by a bridge with the mainlands. Cars and other motorized vehicles are not allowed to enter the city. Venice, thus, has Europe’s largest car-free urban area. The best way to get to the city is by …
Rome
A short two-hour flight brought me from Europe’s biggest harbor to Cesar’s birthplace. Rome, Italy’s capital and its largest city (it has about 2.7m inhabitants and roughly 0.8m more in its urban areas), was the once capital of the Roman Empire. A TV series told today’s people the story of Rome. It ended after the second season, which was aired in 2005 and 2006. Also …
The Shell and the Bull
Although 2010 is, according to The Economist, expected to be the hottest year since climate measurements began, Rotterdam was not spared heavy snowfalls. Many parts of the Netherlands were covered in white, causing the train system to break down at some point. Luckily, I was able to spend the hardest time in other parts of Europe; now the temperatures are rising again. When the weather …