The volume spans ethical and political topics from a comparison of Plato and Conficicius on the state to modern problems of terrorism. The authors are Anwar Alam, John Blair and Jerusha McCormack, Hans-Christian Günther, Dominik Müller, Sebastian Scheerer, Harro von Senger and Thomas Alexander Szlezák.

Hans-Christian Günther is professor for classics at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. He has widely published on Greek and Roman philosophy and literature, Byzantine and modern Greek studies. Recently he has been more and more interested in intercultural studies, ethics and international politics.