Frontmatter -- Inhalt -- Introduction: The Form of the Problem / Rasch, William -- Are There Still Indispensable Norms in Our Society? / Luhmann, Niklas -- Beyond Barbarism / Luhmann, Niklas -- On Norms as Social Facts: A View from Historical Political Science / Thornhill, Chris -- The Fact of Values / Paterson, John -- A Test of Conscience Without Indispensable Norms: Niklas Luhmann’s War on Terror / Werber, Niels -- »Against Normative Tone-Deafness« / Scheuerman, William E. -- Torture and Systems Theory / Douzinas, Costas -- »Human Rights Fundamentalism« The Late Luhmann on Human Rights / Moeller, Hans-Georg -- On Absence: Society’s Return to Barbarians / Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, Andreas -- Zusammenfassungen -- About the authors -- Hinweise für unsere Autoren -- Backmatterweiterlesen