2022SPEAIT_Immo Fritze

The question of wrong or right always depends on perspective. Whether it is an individual’s age, gender, cultural background, or profession, we all follow a somewhat different ethical code. The digital age has created a platform for everybody around the world to interact with ease, thus creating a worldwide ethical battlefield.               Originally, cultural differences where experienced during travels or conquests, often resulting in wars between kingdoms, nations, and states, thus limited, as they were confined to a certain space. However, with the increased societal mobility starting in the late nineteenth century, cultural clashes became more imbedded in daily lives and with the internet most geographical barriers were overcome. People from around the world can read Elon Musk’s provocative posts, watch the Christian ceremonies performed by the pope or read news about the war in Ukraine. Depending on each individual, their reaction is going to be different to somebody’s on the

     In 1952 the six-year-old Paul Alexander becomes ill and soon is diagnosed with Polio. The chances are slim but he manages to survive, not without losing his mobility and physical freedom. Since then Alexander has been confined to the range of his “iron lung”. The iron long keeps his vital organs alive, but requires large amounts of energy and technical thus making a normal life extremely difficult. Alexander is immobilized from the neck down, however learned to use different tools with his mouth to draw, type or control other elements.      Alexander worked hard to learn to breathe without his iron lung. For the first three seconds he needed almost a year of practice, but he was tenacious and wanted to explore the yard, then the streets and after completing his studies he managed to appear in court as a lawyer for hours at end.      In 1967 Alexander succeeded in completing high school without ever attending class and went on to study law at the University of Texas (Austin). H