Dirk Verhofstadt
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moral philosophy, ethics |
Dirk Verhofstadt (born 25 August 1955 in
Education
He graduated in law and press- and communication sciences, and obtained a PhD in moral philosophy at the
On 1 July 2010 he obtained the degree of Doctor of Moral Science at the
Think tank
He is a member of Liberales, an independent think tank within the liberal movement. Its members consider liberalism as a progressive movement supporting individual freedom, justice and human rights. Liberales reacts against what it calls "narrow minded conservatism" related to social economic, ecological and ethical issues supported by "compartmentalized" parties and structures.
Writings
With his book Het menselijk liberalisme (Human Liberalism), he inspires politicians in Belgian liberal parties as well as in the Dutch parties
On 26 September 2008, he released his new book Pius XII and the extermination of the Jews in the Dutch language. In this book, he examines the position of Pacelli, the later
In November 2019 he published the book Ide Leib Kartuz. Tailor in Auschwitz with David Van Turnhout as co-author. In July 2022 the English version A Tailor in Auschwitz was published by Pen & Sword Books. In 2021 he published the book Chef in IG-Auschwitz with Anne Van Paemel as co-author. In 2022 he wrote the book Diary 1933 about the danger of the extreme right emerging worldwide.
Bibliography
- Dagboek 1933 (Diary 1933) (2022)
- A Tailor in Auschwitz (2022) co-authored with David Van Turnhout - Pen & Sword Books
- In gesprek met Johan Braeckman. Een zoektocht naar menselijkheid (2021)
- Chef-kok in IG Auschwitz (Chef at IG-Auschwitz) (2021) co-authored with Annie Van Paemel
- The Liberal Canon. The Foundations of Liberalism (2020)
- Resoconto intermedio sugli archivi di Pio XII (rapport) (2020)
- Ide Leib Kartuz. Kleermaker in Auschwitz (A tailor in Auschwitz) (2019) co-authored with David Van Turnhout
- De liberale ideologie. Voorbij het links-rechts denken (2019)
- In Naam van God (2018), co-authored with Paul Cliteur
- De geschiedenis van het liberalisme (2017)
- Theorieën over rechtvaardigheid. De John Rawlslezingen (Ed.) (2017)
- L'Olocausto Ungherese: e il silenzio di Pio XII (2016)
- Salafisme versus democratie (2016)
- Het Atheïstisch Woordenboek (2015), co-authored with Paul Cliteur
- De Liberale Canon (2015)
- Cesare Beccaria. 250 jaar over misdaden en straffen (2014)
- 1914. Het vervloekte jaar (2014)
- Atheïsme als basis voor de moraal (2013)
- Pius XII. und die Vernichtung der Juden (2013)
- A Plea for Individualism (2013)
- In gesprek met Paul Cliteur. Een zoektocht naar harmonie (2012)
- De open samenleving onder vuur (Ed.) (2012)
- Media en ethiek (2012)
- De Laatste Getuigen (2011), co-author Luckas Vander Taelen
- In gesprek met Etienne Vermeersch. Een zoektocht naar waarheid (2011)
- A moral and historical research into the moral responsibility of Pope Pius XII regarding the Final Solution to the Jewish Question (2010)
- Het liberale denken van Thomas Paine (Ed). (2009)
- John Stuart Mill. 150 jaar over vrijheid (Ed). (2009)
- Pius XII en de vernietiging van de Joden (2008)
- De derde feministische golf (2006)
- Pleidooi voor individualisme (2004)
- Het menselijk liberalisme (2002)
- Het einde van het BRT-monopolie (1982)
See also
- Contributions to liberal theory
- Liberalism
- Liberalism in Belgium