• The Ethics of Relationships: Broadening the Scope (edited book)
    Oxford University Press. forthcoming.
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    Der Wert der Kindheit
    In Johannes Drerup & Gottfried Schweiger (eds.), Handbuch Philosophie der Kindheit, J.b. Metzler. pp. 203-210. 2019.
    Die Frage nach dem Wert der Kindheit lässt sich prinzipiell in zwei verschiedenen Weisen verstehen. Zum einen geht es darum herauszufinden, ob und in welcher Hinsicht es gut oder schlecht ist, ein Kind zu sein. Das Interesse gilt daher dem speziellen oder distinkten Wert, welcher der Kindheit etwa im Unterschied zum Erwachsensein zukommt. Zum andern wird untersucht, ob und wenn ja, inwiefern Kindheit als erste Phase menschlicher Entwicklung ein wertvoller Teil eines guten Lebens ist und wie dies…Read more
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    Autonomie
    In Johannes Drerup & Gottfried Schweiger (eds.), Handbuch Philosophie der Kindheit, J.b. Metzler. pp. 61-69. 2019.
    Autonomie bezeichnet im Allgemeinen die Fähigkeit, sich selbst zu bestimmen und sein Verhalten oder Leben nach eigenen Regeln, Zielen oder Werten zu führen. Dazu gehören u. a. die Vorstellung von Selbstkontrolle, von Unabhängigkeit, vom eigenen Willen sowie die Idee, eine mündige, selbstständige und authentische Person zu sein, die frei von äußeren Beschränkungen und inneren Zwängen ist.
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    Shared Belief and the Limits of Empathy
    Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 102 (2): 267-291. 2021.
    To show affective empathy is to share in another person's experiences, including her emotions. Most philosophers who write about emotions accept the broadly cognitivist view that emotions are rationally connected with beliefs. We argue that affective empathy is also rationally connected with belief; you can only share in another's emotions insofar as you can share certain of her beliefs. In light of that claim, we argue that affective empathy brings both epistemic dangers and epistemic benefits,…Read more
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    Verschwörungstheorien in Zeiten der Pandemie
    Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie 107 (4): 475-494. 2021.
    To what extent can conspiracy theories be understood as a political challenge in these pandemic times? In order to discuss this issue, I provide an explication of the term ‘conspiracy theory’ that allows it to be applied in an epistemically elucidating and politically fruitful way. Against this backdrop, I will demonstrate how conspiracy theories violate, among other things, the ethically relevant standards that are established through well-ordered political deliberation, such as standards of in…Read more
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    The Right to Associational Freedom and the Scope of Relationship-Dependent Duties
    Criminal Law and Philosophy 17 (2): 475-489. 2022.
    Humans have a fundamental need to belong. This, need, as Kimberley Brownlee argues in her book Being Sure of Each Other grounds the human right against social deprivation. But in addition to having a human right against social deprivation, we also have a right to associational freedom, which is grounded in our right to autonomy. We cannot be forced into relationships; we are free to choose our friends and loved ones.? In this paper I discuss what our right to associational freedom morally permit…Read more
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    The Moral Significance of Adolescence
    Journal of Applied Philosophy 39 (4): 547-561. 2021.
    Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
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    Collegial Relationships
    with Jörg Https://Orcidorg Löschke
    Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 24 (1): 213-229. 2021.
    Although collegial relationships are among the most prevalent types of interpersonal relationships in our lives, they have not been the subject of much philosophical study. In this paper, we take the first step in the process of developing an ethics of collegiality by establishing what qualifies two people as colleagues and then by determining what it is that gives value to collegial relationships. We argue that A and B are colleagues if both exhibit sameness regarding at least two of the follow…Read more
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    Moral Behavior
    with Markus Paulus
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    List of Abbreviations
    In Kant's Ethics of Virtues, De Gruyter. pp. 5-6. 2008.