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    According to the order ethics approach to business ethics, moral rules must be im-plemented by institutions that provide incentives for following the rules. As a minimal (normative) condition, these institutions must be able to motivate the homo eco-nomicus. But even if an institution passes this test, it will only motivate actual people (i.e. the homo psychologicus) to follow moral rules, if they have the relevant compe-tences and self-efficacy beliefs. Consequently, good institutional design i…Read more
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    Zum Verhaumlltnis von Kunsttheorie und Asthetik Sinnlichkeit als konstitutive Dimension der Kunst?
    with Daniel Feige
    Zeitschrift für Ästhetik Und Allgemeine Kunstwissenschaft 56 (1): 123-142. 2011.
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    Moralische Gefühle als Sanktionen
    Zeitschrift für Philosophische Forschung 60 (3). 2006.
    Interessenbasierte Vertragstheorien sollten moralische Gefühle als Sanktionen betrachten und sich der Frage ihrer Rechtfertigung widmen. Als moralische Sanktionen gelten nach einer üblichen Auffassung Instanzen von selbst etablierten und zuverlässigen Reaktionsmustern einer Gemeinschaft, die einen Regelbruch unvorteilhaft machen. Nur weil sie nicht naturgegeben sind, stellt sich die Frage ihrer Rechtfertigung. Ich argumentiere dafür, dass moralische Gefühle eine Art von Wahrnehmungen sind und si…Read more
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    School Bullying and Moral Reasoning Competence
    with Anja Geisler, Manuel Stoiber, and Mechthild Schäfer
    Social Development 26 (2): 278-294. 2017.
    To examine whether high moral reasoning competence of adolescents is associated with low levels of bullying, and to understand whether moral disengagement mediates or moderates this relationship, 925 German children ranging from 11 to 17 years of age (M = 14.18, S = 1.21) completed questionnaires on moral reasoning competence and moral disengagement in surveys at three different schools. The children were classified according to their bullying role, based on a peer- nomination procedure. Multino…Read more
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    One can justify moral rules on the basis of their advantageousness without equating morality and advantage.
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    Hierarchies For Non-founded Models Of Set Theory
    with M. Von Rimscha
    Mathematical Logic Quarterly 29 (4): 253-288. 1983.
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    Much recent research on moral judgment making has focused on quick one-shot judgments. Explicit reasoning has been shown to play a minor role in these cases. However, these results do not generalize to real moral conduct that often includes the iterative adaptation of long-term behavioral strategies. I suggest using school bullying as an ecologically valid model for moral conduct and refer to studies that show that moral reasoning competence is negatively correlated to immoral aggressive behavio…Read more