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8Consent and wronging a personIn Peter Schaber & Andreas Müller (eds.), Routledge Handbooks in Applied Ethics, . pp. 55-64. 2018.
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69Constructing Practical ReasonsOxford University Press. 2020.Some things are reasons for us to perform certain actions. That it will spare you great pain in the future, for example, is a reason for you to go to the dentist now, and that you are already late for work is a reason for you not to read the next article in the morning paper. Why are such considerations reasons for or against certain actions? Constructivism offers an intriguing answer to this question. Its basic idea is often encapsulated in the slogan that reasons are not discovered but made by…Read more
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47The Social Function of MoralityIn Rebekka Hufendiek, Daniel James & Raphael van Riel (eds.), Social Functions in Philosophy: Metaphysical, Normative, and Methodological Perspectives, Routledge. 2020.This chapter discusses various attempts at deriving metaethical conclusions from claims about the function of morality. In doing so, it will, for the most part, grant the truth of such function claims and focus on what metaethical theses they do and do not support. After briefly surveying various recent proposals that rely on functions claims in an attempt to debunk the possibility of robust moral truth and knowledge, the chapter focusses on the contrary, vindicatory project. The proponents of t…Read more
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51Précis zu Constructing Practical ReasonsZeitschrift für Philosophische Forschung 74 (4): 555-559. 2020.
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43ReplikenZeitschrift für Philosophische Forschung 74 (4): 572-576. 2020.Christine Tiefensee und Felix Koch formulieren in ihren Kommentaren eine Reihe interessanter Fragen und herausfordernder Einwände. Ich bin dankbar für die Gelegenheit, meine Überlegungen im Lichte ihrer Kritik zu präzisieren und zu verteidigen.
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87Reasoning and normative beliefs: not too sophisticatedPhilosophical Explorations 22 (1): 2-15. 2018.Does reasoning to a certain conclusion necessarily involve a normative belief in support of that conclusion? In many recent discussions of the nature of reasoning, such a normative belief condition is rejected. One main objection is that it requires too much conceptual sophistication and thereby excludes certain reasoners, such as small children. I argue that this objection is mistaken. Its advocates overestimate what is necessary for grasping the normative concepts required by the condition, wh…Read more
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60Die Rolle der Selbstbestimmung in der Rechtfertigung passiver und aktiver SterbehilfeJahrbuch für Wissenschaft Und Ethik 20 (1): 5-28. 2016.Name der Zeitschrift: Jahrbuch für Wissenschaft und Ethik Jahrgang: 20 Heft: 1 Seiten: 5-28.
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65The Routledge Handbook of the Ethics of Consent (edited book)Routledge. 2018.While the importance of Consent has been discussed widely over the last few decades, interest in its study has received renewed attention in recent years, particularly regarding medical treatment, clinical research and sexual acts. The Routledge Handbook of the Ethics of Consent is an outstanding reference source to this exciting subject and the first collection of its kind. Comprising over thirty chapters by a team of international contributors the Handbook is divided into five main parts: Gene…Read more
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