As if it is not ironic enough that it should be the EDUCATION minister who has had her doctoral title revoked for plagiarism, further irony is to be found in learning the title of (now simply) Ms. Schavan's dissertation:
Person and Conscience: Studies in the Prerequisites, Necessity and Requirements for Conscience Formation Today.
Perhaps Ms. Schavan will be able to hold on to - or re-earn - her academic title by submitting a revision of the dissertation, including an appended chapter on how substantially copying the work of others, unnamed in either footnotes or bibliography, in what is supposed to be a fundamentally original work, both fits in with her ideas on the 'modern' conscience and complies with the prerequisite, necessity and requirement of holding (on to) an academic title if one wants to get ahead in contemporary German politics.
Chris Bruce, writing with a clear conscience, in Kiel, Germany -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html