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Bert Musschenga

VU University Amsterdam
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Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Areas of Interest
Applied Ethics
Normative Ethics
Social and Political Philosophy
  • Waarom moet ik een optimist worden?
    Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte 118 (2): 178-188. 2026.
    Why should I become an optimist? In her article, Wenmackers addresses many aspects of optimism. My focus is on the relationship between optimism and hope. Optimism, she argues, is closely related to hope. In her view, they are related, yet distinct concepts. In the first part of my commentary, I will discuss the meaning of both concepts and the relationship between them. If, according to Wenmackers, optimism and hope are related concepts, what are the differences? Does she succeed in answering t…Read more
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    Empirically Informed Moral Intuitionism
    In Alexander Max Bauer & Malte Meyerhuber (eds.), Empirical Research and Normative Theory: Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Two Methodical Traditions Between Separation and Interdependence, De Gruyter. pp. 129-150. 2020.
    This chapter investigates whether the model of an empirically informed theory is also useful for connecting philosophical and psychological moral intuitionism. The authors exploration takes place in successive steps. Section 2 presents the author’s view on (moral) intuitions. Sections 3 and 4 offer an account of (moral) psychological intuitions as the product of unconscious and automatic processes. Section 5 discusses how psychological moral intuitions relate to philosophical moral intuitions. S…Read more
  •  10
    From the Editors
    with Robert Heeger
    Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 8 (3). 2005.
  • Godsdienst op een keerpunt
    with H. Küng, A. Van Harskamp, and W. Drees
    Tijdschrift Voor Filosofie 54 (1): 155-156. 1992.
  •  25
    Editorial Note
    with Robert Heeger
    Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 12 (2): 115-116. 2009.
    Value TheoryValue Theory, Miscellaneous
  •  28
    Editorial
    with Robert Heeger
    Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 13 (3): 237-238. 2010.
    Value Theory
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    Editorial
    with Robert Heeger
    Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 13 (4): 357-359. 2010.
    Value Theory
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    Editorial
    with Robert Heeger
    Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 13 (5): 483-483. 2010.
    Value Theory
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    Editorial
    with Robert Heeger
    Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 14 (3): 257-258. 2011.
    Value Theory
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    Editorial
    with Robert Heeger
    Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 14 (4): 363-364. 2011.
    Value Theory
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    From the Editors
    with Robert Heeger
    Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 4 (2): 103-103. 2001.
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    From the editors
    Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 9 (5): 493-494. 2006.
    Value Theory
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    From the Editors
    with Robert Heeger
    Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 3 (1): 1-1. 2000.
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    From the Editors
    with Robert F. Heeger
    Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 1 (2): 141-141. 1998.
    Value Theory
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    From the Editors
    with Robert Heeger
    Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 10 (3): 229-230. 2007.
    Value Theory
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    From the Editors
    with Robert Heeger
    Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 10 (1): 1-2. 2007.
    Value Theory
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    From the Editors
    with Robert Heeger
    Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 3 (3): 229-229. 2000.
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    From the Editors
    with Robert Heeger
    Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 3 (4): 339-340. 2000.
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    Empirische Ethik, Kontextsensitivität und Kontextualismus
    In Nikola Biller-Andorno, Settimio Monteverde, Tanja Krones & Tobias Eichinger (eds.), Medizinethik, Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. pp. 41-70. 2021.
    Albert W. Musschenga ist ein niederländischer Philosoph, Prof. emeritus der Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, der sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten intensiv mit metaethischen und praktischen Fragestellungen der Ethik auseinandergesetzt hat. In dem 2005 erschienenen Aufsatz „Empirical Ethics, Context-Sensitivity, and Contextualism“ nimmt er sich einer zentralen internationalen Entwicklung an: der ‚empirischen Ethik‘, die insbesondere im Bereich der Medizinethik sichtbar und wirkmächtig geworden ist. De…Read more
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    Veit Bader, Secularism or Democracy? Associational Governance of Religious Diversity: Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2007, 386 pages, ISBN 978 90 5356 999 3, € 45 (review)
    Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 12 (4): 441-444. 2009.
    Value Theory
  •  6
    Editorial
    with Robert Heeger
    Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 15 (2): 139-141. 2012.
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    From the Editors
    with Robert Heeger
    Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 1 (1): 1-2. 1998.
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    From the Editors
    with Robert Heeger
    Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 1 (4): 395-395. 1998.
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    From the Editors
    with Robert Heeger
    Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 2 (3): 197-197. 1999.
    Value Theory
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    From the Editors
    with Robert Heeger
    Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 3 (2): 113-113. 2000.
    Value Theory
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    From the editors
    with Robert Heeger
    Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 9 (1): 1-2. 2006.
    Value Theory
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    From the Editors
    with Robert Heeger
    Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 9 (2): 109-110. 2006.
    Value Theory
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    From the Editors
    with Robert Heeger
    Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 9 (3): 247-248. 2006.
    Value Theory
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    From the editors
    with Robert Heeger
    Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 9 (4): 375-376. 2006.
    Value Theory
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    From the Editors
    with Robert Heeger
    Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 10 (2): 111-112. 2007.
    Value Theory