Philosophy Didactics.In the series ‘Basic Knowledge of Philosophy’. Edited by Michael Quante and Simon Derpmann. Paderborn 2016.
Bioethics: Discipline and Discourse. On the Self-Explanation of Applied Ethics (co-authored with J. S. Ach). Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main/New York, 2002.
Didactic Approaches to the Ethics of Genetic Engineering. Production-Oriented Methods in Teaching the Ethical Problems of Genetic Engineering. Alber-Verlag, Freiburg im Breisgau, 2001.
Co-editorship
Runtenberg, Christa (ed.): Applied Philosophy and Forms of Philosophising / Angewandte Philosophie und Formen des Philosophierens. In the series Applied Philosophy. An international journal. Jörg Hardy / Oliver Scholz (eds.). Göttingen 2018.
Edited by Christa Runtenberg and Johannes Rohbeck. Yearbook for the Didactics of Philosophy and Ethics (12). Dresden: Thelem 2012.
Anthropology. Edited with H. Hastedt, Chr. Thies and M. Fröhlich. Practical Handbooks in Philosophy/Ethics. Edited by H. Hastedt, E. Martens, J. Rohbeck and V. Steenblock. Volume 4. Siebert-Verlag, Hanover 2004.
Hello Dolly? Cloning of Humans and Animals. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 1998 (edited with J. S. Ach and Gerd Brudermüller).
Essays
Image and Reality. Reflecting on reality through photographs and works of visual art. In: Praxis Philosophy and Ethics. Philosophising with Images. Issue 2/2020. Edited by Christian Klager. Westermann, Braunschweig. pp. 16‒22.
Runtenberg, Christa (ed.): Forms of Applied Philosophising. In: Applied Philosophy and Forms of Philosophising / Angewandte Philosophie und Formen des Philosophierens. In the series Applied Philosophy. An international journal. Jörg Hardy / Oliver Scholz (eds.). Göttingen 2018. pp. 59–70.
Photographs as a Stimulus for Thinking and Writing. Writing as a Reflection on the Dialectic between Humans and Intelligent Systems. In: Praxis Philosophy and Ethics. Forms of Writing. Issue 3 / 2018. pp. 27–31.
Philosophising with Children in the Training of Early Years Educators. In: Ethical Dimensions of Inclusive Education. In the series ‘Inclusive Education’. Edited by M. Quante, S. Wiedebusch, and H. Wulfekühler. Weinheim, Basel 2018. pp. 154–170.
Runtenberg, Christa (ed.): Philosophising with Children about Questions of Dying and Death in Early Years Education. In: Applied Philosophy and Forms of Philosophising. In the series Applied Philosophy. An international journal. Jörg Hardy / Oliver Scholz (eds.). Göttingen 2018. pp. 29–58.
“Contemporary Philosophical Education and Empirical Classroom Research”. In: Martens, Ekkehard (ed.): Empiricism and Experience in Philosophy and Ethics Teaching. Hanover 2017. Siebert Verlag. pp. 43–58.
“No body is perfect – or: Going under the knife for beauty?” In: inta. Interreligious Forum. Being Beautiful. No. 5. Vol. 2. Bonn 2015. pp. 28ff.
“When Philosophy Meets the Lifeworld. Connections between Applied Philosophy, Philosophy Didactics and Philosophising with Children.” In: Applied Philosophy. Edited by Christa Runtenberg and Johannes Rohbeck. Yearbook for the Didactics of Philosophy and Ethics (12). Dresden: Thelem 2012. pp. 55–64.
“The Subject of Philosophising with Children in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania”. In: Values in Religion and Ethics. Models of Interdisciplinary Values Education in Germany and Switzerland. Edited by Marie-Luise Raters. Thelem Verlag, Dresden, 2011. pp. 79–88.
“The Subject of Practical Philosophy in North Rhine-Westphalia” (with Melanie Horn). In: Values in Religion and Ethics. Models of Interdisciplinary Values Education in Germany and Switzerland. Edited by Marie-Luise Raters. Thelem Verlag, Dresden, 2011. pp. 69–78.
“What is philosophical education – if not the promotion of critical reflection on thought itself? On the significance of criticism of worldviews.” In: Philosophy and Worldviews. Edited by Johannes Rohbeck and Gisela Raupach-Strey. Dresdner Hefte für Philosophie. Edited by Thomas Rentsch and Johannes Rohbeck. Yearbook for the Didactics of Philosophy and Ethics. Dresden: Thelem 2011. pp. 145–160.
“Application-Oriented Ethics in Philosophy Lessons – On Fostering Ethical Judgement Using the Example of Human Embryonic Stem Cells”. In: Albers, F. J.; Simon-Schaefer, R. (ed.): Philosophy in Practice: Practical Philosophy under Discussion. Philosophy and Education; edited by Martens, E./Gefert, Chr./Steenblock, V. Volume 8. Berlin 2009. pp. 83–93.
“Production-Oriented Approaches to Working with Texts and Photographs. A Contribution to Teaching Practice in Lower Secondary Education”. In: Rehn, Rudolf/Schües, Christina (eds.): Philosophy of Education. Foundations – Methods – Perspectives. Karl Alber Verlag, Freiburg, 2008. pp. 187–207.
“Kant as an Enlightenment thinker and educator: On the relevance of a philosophy as critical independent thinking.” In: Kern, Udo (ed.): What Is and What Ought to Be. Nature and Freedom in Immanuel Kant. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin/New York, 2007. pp. 223–239.
“Nobody is perfect. Ethical problems of cosmetic surgery as a topic in philosophy lessons.” In: Journal of the Didactics of Philosophy and Ethics. Issue 4/2007: “Body and Emotion”. Hanover 2007. pp. 268–274.
“Happiness as the Goal of Life? Teaching Ideas for Upper Secondary Education.” In: ZDPE Issue 4 / 2006. “Happiness”. pp. 43–53.
“Essays and Aphorisms. Reflections by Theodor W. Adorno in Philosophy Lessons.” In: Journal of the Didactics of Philosophy and Ethics. Issue 2 / 2004: “Literary Forms”. pp. 102–107.
“Krummelus and Other Pills. The Question of Human Immortality” (co-authored with Johann S. Ach). In: Der blaue Reiter. Journal of Philosophy. No. 19: “What is Justice?”. Omega Verlag 2004.
‘And it just “clicked” – From photography to writing’. In: Ethics and Teaching. Journal for the subject of Ethics/Values and Norms/LER/Practical Philosophy. Frankfurt am Main. Issue 3 / 2004. pp. 18–21.
On the Ethics of Germline Interventions. In: Hößle, Corinna/Höttecke, Dietmar/Kircher, Ernst (eds.): Teaching and Learning about the Nature of the Natural Sciences. An Introduction to the Natural Sciences for Teacher Training and School Practice. Schneider-Verlag Hohengehren: Baltmannsweiler 2004. pp. 216–223 (co-authored with J. S. Ach).
‘Ethical Aspects of Pre-implantation Diagnosis – Promoting Competence and Ethical Judgement in the Classroom.’ In: The Practice of Natural Sciences Combined with Biology in Schools. Special issue: Genetic Engineering. A Topic with Many Aspects, edited by A. Gerhardt-Dircksen and D.C. Dreesmann. Issue 6/52. 1 September 2003. Aulis Verlag, Cologne and Leipzig. pp. 10–12.
“Happiness and Everyday Life – Is Life an Art?” In: Anthropology. Edited with H. Hastedt, Chr. Thies and M. Fröhlich. Practical Handbooks on Philosophy/Ethics. Edited by H. Hastedt, E. Martens, J. Rohbeck, V. Steenblock. Volume 4. Siebert-Verlag, Hanover 2003. pp. 76–92.
‘Experiments in Media-Based Teaching: Visualisation as an Alternative Approach to Presenting Philosophical Content’. In: Anna-Katharina Szagun: Universitas semper reformanda. New Approaches to Learning in Theology and Religious Education. Forum on University Development and University Didactics; edited by Anna-Katharina Szagun, Karl Neumann, Herbert Asselmeyer. Volume 3. LIT-Verlag, Münster, 2003. pp. 194–199.
‘Bioethics between Discipline and Discourse’ (with J. S. Ach). In: Bernward Gesang (ed.): Biomedical Ethics. Tasks, Methods, Self-Conception. mentis Verlag, Paderborn 2002. pp. 15–28.
‘Production-Oriented Methods of Text Interpretation’. In: Journal of the Didactics of Philosophy and Ethics. Issue 2/2002. ‘Writing Texts’. Hanover 2002. pp. 115–121.
‘Tips for Philosophical Writing – in Black and White and in Colour’ (with Bertram Kienzle). In: *Schreibgeburten*. Ideas on Academic Writing. Edited by Wolfgang Sucharowski. Ingo Koch Verlag. Edition Neue Hochschulschriften. Rostock 2002. pp. 49–60.
‘Applied Ethics in Educational Processes: On the Ethical Problems of Genetic Engineering.’ In: Steenblock, Volker: Practical Philosophy/Ethics: A Study Book. Münster: LIT, 2001. pp. 166–172 (Münster Introductions: Münster Philosophical Workbooks; 2).
‘Bioethics and a focus on practical application. Fostering competence in the classroom through teaching on the ethical issues of human embryo cloning.’ In: Journal of the Didactics of Philosophy and Ethics. Issue 2/2001: Philosophical Competences. Hanover 2001. pp. 122–129.
‘Genetic sheep, donor pigs, tumour-bearing mice – Ethical aspects of the use of animals in research.’ In: The Practice of Natural Sciences Combined with Biology in Schools. Special issue: Animal Experimentation – Laboratory Animals. Edited by A. Gerhardt-Dircksen / U. Harms. Issue 6/50; 2001. Aulis Verlag, Cologne and Leipzig. pp. 15–19.
“Promoting Competence in the Classroom on the Ethical Issues of Early Genetic Diagnosis.” In: Bayrhuber et al.: Life Sciences in Schools and the Public Sphere. Anniversary conference marking the 25th anniversary of the Biology Education Section of the VDBiol. Kiel 2001. pp. 31–35.
‘Tailor-made rapeseed oil – genetic engineering in rapeseed breeding’ (with A. Kroß). In: Handbook of Practical Microbiology and Biotechnology, Volume 4. Teaching materials on genetic engineering and ethics; edited by H. Bayrhuber, U. Harms, A. Kroß. Schroedel Verlag, Hanover 2001.
‘Genetic Engineering in Plants and Animals – Is That Even Allowed?’ (with A. Kroß). In: Biology Teaching – Materials for an Introduction to Science / Elisabeth von Falkenhausen. Cologne: Aulis-Verl. Deubner, 2000. pp. 131–138.
A Critique of the Critique of Bioethics: Prolegomena to an Ethical Impact Assessment (with J. S. Ach). In: Sandkühler, H. J. (ed.): Understandings of Nature, Morality and Law in Science. F/M – Berlin – Bern – Brussels – New York – Vienna 2000. pp. 137–152.
‘Love on the Titanic. Philosophical Perspectives on a Transboundary Romance.’ In: Central Committee of German Catholics (ed.): Time Is Being. Proceedings of the 94th German Catholic Congress, Hamburg, 31 May to 4 June 2000 (CD-ROM) (with J. S. Ach).
Reflecting Bioethics(with K. Bayertz, J. S. Ach and S. Dickel). In: Biomedical Ethics. Concepts and Critics. Newsletter ‘Biomedical Ethics’ Vol. 5 – 2000 – No. 1. Edited by Marcus Düwell. pp . 24–26.
Ethical Impact Assessment – entry in the Metzler Philosophical Encyclopaedia. Edited by Peter Prechtl and Franz-Peter Burckhard. Stuttgart–Weimar, 2nd edition 1999. p. 162.
Homunculus: First Animals, Then Humans? Dimensions of the Critique of Human and Animal Cloning (with J. S. Ach). In: Genes, Clones and Organs – New Perspectives in Biomedicine. Edited by Rainer Paslack and Hilmar Stolte. Vol. 2 of the series Medicine, Technology and Society. Frankfurt am Main 1999.
Key concepts in teaching about the ethical issues of genetic engineering. In: Bayrhuber, H./Garwin, W./Grainger, J. (eds.): Teaching Biotechnology at School. Kiel : IPN 1999.
‘Transgenic Animals – Genetic Engineering Interventions in Nature’? Production-oriented methods in the classroom. In: Journal of the Didactics of Philosophy and Ethics. Issue 1, 1999, Hanover.
Discussing HUGO: The German Debate on the Ethical Implications of the Human Genome Project (with S. Boshammer, M. Kayß and J. S. Ach). In: Journal of Medicine and Philosophy. A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine. Protecting the Human Genome. Ed.: Hans-Martin Sass. Vol. 23, No. 3, 1998. pp. 324–333.
Genetic Engineering: Ethical Decision-Making Processes in School Education. In: Frey, H.D. (ed.): FORUM Gen-Welten. State Biology Conference 1998. Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, Baden-Württemberg. Academy for the Assessment of Technology, Stuttgart. VDBiol Association of German Biologists: Baden-Württemberg Regional Association, Conference Proceedings. Tübingen 1998.
Argumentation in the Context of Applied Ethics – The Example of Genetic Engineering. In: Philosophy: Study, Text and Argument / Norbert Herold; Sibille Mischer (eds.). – Münster: LIT, 1997, (Münster Introductions – Philosophy; 2.) pp. 179–193.
Towards the ‘transparent human’? A critique of the Human Genome Project (with S. Boshammer, M. Kayß and J. S. Ach). In: Ach, J.S./Bedenbecker-Busch, M./Kayß, M. (eds.): Limits of Life – Limits of Medicine: Is what is medically feasible morally permissible? Münster: Agenda-Verlag, 1997. pp. 104–120.
Genes and Ethics. On the Structure of the Moral Discourse on Genetic Engineering (with Kurt Bayertz). In: Elstner, M. (ed.): Genetic Engineering, Ethics and Society. Berlin – Heidelberg – New York: Springer, 1997. pp. 107–121.
Let’s (not) clone a human being. Ethical arguments against the cloning of humans (with J. S. Ach). In: Ach, J. S./Bedenbecker-Busch, M./Kayß, M. (eds.): Limits of Life – Limits of Medicine. Is what is medically feasible morally permissible? Münster: Agenda-Verlag, 1997. pp. 121–136.
Guiding principles for teaching the ethical problems of genetic engineering from a philosophical perspective. In: Bayrhuber, H. et al. (eds.): Biology Teaching and Real Life. Kiel: IPN, 1997. pp. 291–295.
Design of chapters in school textbooks for lower secondary level
“Hands off nature – or: how should we treat other living beings?” In: WEITERDENKEN. Ethics/Practical Philosophy, Volume A. From Year 5 onwards. Edited by Rolf Sistermann. Bildungshaus Schulbuchverlage Westermann Schroedel Diesterweg. Braunschweig 2009. pp. 112–137.
“What kind of world do we want to live in? – Our relationship with nature and technology.” In: WEITERDENKEN. Ethics/Practical Philosophy. Volume B. From Year 8 onwards. Edited by Rolf Sistermann. Bildungshaus Schulbuchverlage Westermann Schroedel Diesterweg. Braunschweig 2009. pp. 128–157.
“Are we humans truly free?” In: Dialogues on the World. Philosophy for Year 10. Edited by Barbara Brüning. Militzke Verlag 2007. pp. 78–97.
“Perceiving Reality.” In: Worlds of Thought. Philosophy for Years 7–10. Edited by Barbara Brüning. Militzke Verlag 2007. pp. 118–125.
