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128Kant and Sartre: Existentialism and Critical PhilosophyIn Sorin Baiasu (ed.), Comparing Kant and Sartre, Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 3-17. 2016.Kant and Sartre are two of the most significant figures in modern philosophy, and yet there has, until very recently, been little comparative research undertaken on them. Despite dealing with many shared philosophical issues, they have traditionally been taken to be too opposed to each other to render any search for possible parallels between their works a useful enterprise. Indeed, Sartre is often taken to be one of Kant’s most vocal critics in the literature, and as rather indebted to other ma…Read more
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111Constitutivism and Transcendental Practical Philosophy: How to Pull the Rabbit Out of the HatPhilosophia 44 (4): 1185-1208. 2016.Constitutivism aims to justify substantial normative standards as constitutive of practical reason. In this way, it can defend the constructivist commitment to avoiding realism and anti-realism in normative disciplines. This metaphysical debate is the perspective from which the nature of the constitutivist justification is usually discussed. In this paper, I focus on a related, but distinct, debate. My concern will not be whether the substantial normative claims asserted by the constructivist ha…Read more
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95The anxiety of influence: Sartre's search for an ethics and Kant's moral theorySartre Studies International 9 (1): 21-53. 2003.
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86Kant’s Critique of Religion: Epistemic Sources of SecularismDiametros 54 7-29. 2017.The secular interpretation of Kant is widespread and Kant is viewed as the most prestigious founding father of liberal secularism. At the same time, however, commentators note that Kant’s position on secularism is in fact much more complex, and some go as far as to talk about an ambiguous secularism in his work. This paper defends a refined version of the secular interpretation. According to this refined version, Kant can offer a limited, political secularism on the basis of a simple argument wh…Read more
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76Constitutivism and Kantian Constructivism in Ethical Theory: Editorial IntroductionPhilosophia 44 (4): 1125-1128. 2016.The introduction summarizes the main arguments formulated in the six papers of this special issue on Constitutivism and Kantian Constructivism in Ethical Theory. We highlight the unifying theme addressed in the essays, i.e., the question of whether constitutivism is able to fulfill the promise of providing an account of normativity starting from relatively slender assumptions, including the avoidance of realist presuppositions.
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70Revolutionary versus Traditionalist Approaches to Kant: Some Aspects of the DebateKantian Review 16 (2): 161-173. 2011.
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60Institutions and the Normativity of DesertContemporary Political Theory 6 (2): 175-195. 2007.The question of whether desert depends on institutions or institutions on desert continues to divide politicians and political theorists, particularly in disputes over the justification of the welfare state. Even though it is a significant question with direct relevance for issues of economic justice, little has been done so far to evaluate the various positions in dispute and to make explicit the concepts involved. In this paper, I first present the main senses in which the concepts of desert, …Read more
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53Is Kant’s Metaphysics Profoundly Unsatisfactory? Critical Discussion of A. W. Moore’s Critique of KantKantian Review 21 (3): 465-481. 2016.In his recent book,The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics, Adrian W. Moore takes Kant to play a crucial role in the evolution of modern philosophy; yet, for him, Kant’s metaphysics is ultimately and profoundly unsatisfactory. In this article, I examine several of Moore’s objections and provide replies. My claim is that Moore’s reading points to fundamental issues, yet these are not issues of Kant’s transcendental idealism, but of the traditional idealism his view has often been taken to represent.
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52The Deontic Force of the Formula of Universal LawIn Stefano Bacin, Alfredo Ferrarin, Claudio La Rocca & Margit Ruffing (eds.), Kant und die Philosophie in weltbürgerlicher Absicht. Akten des XI. Internationalen Kant-Kongresses, De Gruyter. pp. 41-50. 2013.
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51Kant on practical justification: interpretive essays (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2013.This volume of new essays provides a comprehensive and structured examination of Kant's justification of norms, a crucial but neglected theme in Kantian practical philosophy.
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50Kant and the Continental Tradition: Sensibility, Nature, and Religion (edited book)Routledge. 2020.Immanuel Kant's work continues to be a main focus of attention in almost all areas of philosophy. The significance of Kant's work for the so-called continental philosophy cannot be exaggerated, although work in this area is relatively scant. The book includes eight chapters, a substantial introduction and a postscript, all newly written by an international cast of well-known authors. Each chapter focuses on particular aspects of a fundamental problem in Kant's and post-Kantian philosophy, the pr…Read more
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47Universal Principle of Right: Metaphysics, Politics, and Conflict ResolutionsKantian Review 23 (4): 527-554. 2018.In spite of its dominance, there are well-known problems with Rawls’s method of reflective equilibrium (MRE), as a method of justification in meta-ethics. One issue in particular has preoccupied commentators, namely, the capacity of this method to provide a convincing account of the objectivity of our moral beliefs. Call this the Lack-of-Objectivity Charge. One aim of this article is to examine the charge within the context of Rawls’s later philosophy, and I claim that the lack-of-objectivity ch…Read more
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44Kant's Justification of WelfareDiametros 39 1-28. 2014.For several decades, theorists interested in Kant’s discussion of welfare have puzzled over Kant’s position on the issue of the redistribution of goods in society. They have done this both in order to clarify his position and as a source of inspiration for current conceptual problems faced by contemporary political philosophers who attempt to reconcile the ideal of equal freedom with the asymmetric interference necessary for redistribution and social provision. In this paper, I start with Kant’s…Read more
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39Introduction: Kantian Aspects of Practical NormativityPolitics and Ethics Review 3 (1): 1-7. 2007.The aim of this paper is threefold. First, I critically examine two dominant Kantian views of practical justification and argue that they cannot provide an appropriate account of the normative force of moral and political principles. Secondly, as the main reason for these unsuccessful attempts, I identify a certain interpretation of Kant's account of practical judgement. Finally, I point to some of the differences between this interpretation and Kant's own claims on practical judgement, in order…Read more
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36Kantian Metaphysics and the Normative Force of Practical PrinciplesPolitics and Ethics Review 3 (1): 37-56. 2007.The aim of this paper is threefold. First, I critically examine two dominant Kantian views of practical justification and argue that they cannot provide an appropriate account of the normative force of moral and political principles. Secondly, as the main reason for these unsuccessful attempts, I identify a certain interpretation of Kant's account of practical judgement. Finally, I point to some of the differences between this interpretation and Kant's own claims on practical judgement, in order…Read more
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36The Kantian Mind (edited book)Routledge. 2024.The Kantian Mind is an outstanding guide and reference source to Kant's thought and essential reading for all students and scholars of Kant and contemporary Kantian thought.
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34Right’s Complex Relation to Ethics in Kant: The Limits of IndependentismKant Studien 107 (1): 2-33. 2016.Name der Zeitschrift: Kant-Studien Jahrgang: 107 Heft: 1 Seiten: 2-33.
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32Introduction: Kant and the British IdealistsCollingwood and British Idealism Studies 19 (1): 1-18. 2013.
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31Caird on Kant's Idealism: Traditionalist or Revolutionary?Collingwood and British Idealism Studies 19 (1): 19-45. 2013.The traditionalist interpretation of Kant's idealism reads his Critical philosophy as a version of traditional idealism, à la Berkeley. By contrast, a revolutionary account of Kant will assert the threefold distinction between states of mind, external objects of the world and things in themselves, and will reject the attempt to reduce external objects to states of mind. In this paper, I argue that, while Caird's interpretation is clearly not traditionalist, nor is it obviously revolutionary: he …Read more
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30Constitutivism and Transcendental Practical PhilosophyIn Jens Peter Brune, Robert Stern & Micha H. Werner (eds.), Transcendental Arguments in Moral Theory, De Gruyter. pp. 109-140. 2017.
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29Kant's Highest Political GoodIn Valentin Muresan & Shunzo Majima (eds.), Applied Ethics, Hokkaido University. pp. 15-35. 2013.
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28Toleration and Pragmatism: Themes from The Work of John HortonPhilosophia 45 (2): 397-413. 2017.John Horton’s work has been particularly influential in debates on specific topics related to toleration, political obligation, modus vivendi and political realism. More recently, he has synthesised these views in the form of a distinctive position in political philosophy, a position that has the potential to question much of the received wisdom in the field. The papers of this special issue engage with some of the most fundamental issues of Horton’s account, more exactly, the related issues of …Read more
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25Aspects of Practical Bindingness in Kant: IntroductionPhilosophia 51 (2): 457-461. 2023.One of the few points of consensus in the Kantian literature is that Kant’s Moral Law is binding universally and unconditionally. Hence, the Moral Law is binding for all human agents (universally) irrespective of the agents’ particular interests (unconditionally). Whether or not we intend to act on the Moral Law, this is the law we ought to follow. Beyond this point of consensus, however, even the most important details are matters of controversy. What exactly does the Moral Law require of us? W…Read more
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24Freedom in Sartre’s Phenomenology: The Kantian Limits of a Radical ProjectIn Cynthia D. Coe (ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of German Idealism and Phenomenology, Palgrave-macmillan. pp. 107-128. 2021.An easily recognizable feature of Sartre’s phenomenological existentialism is his conception of freedom. According to a popular interpretation, we are absolutely free, not only from factual constraints, but also free to create and pursue our own values. In this respect, Sartre appears to continue in a radical direction the Kantian project of making room for freedom in a world colonized by scientific determinism and dogmatic moralism. This chapter challenges the popular reading. It argues that Sa…Read more
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19The Anxiety of Influence: Sartre's Search for an Ethics and Kant's Moral TheorySartre Studies International 9 (1): 21-53. 2003.
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18Sincerity in Politics and International Relations (edited book)Routledge. 2017.This work examines concept of sincerity in politics and international relations in order to discuss what we should expect of politicians, within what parameters should they work, and how their decisions and actions could be made consistent with morality. The collection features an international cast of authors who specialize in the topic of sincerity in politics and international relations. Each chapter will be focused on a contemporary issue in politics and international relations, including co…Read more
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16Free Will and Determinism: A Solution to the Kantian ParadoxIn Manja Kisner & Jörg Noller (eds.), The Concept of Will in Classical German Philosophy: Between Ethics, Politics, and Metaphysics, De Gruyter. pp. 7-28. 2020.
Sorin Baiasu
Keele University
Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Oxford University
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Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Oxford UniversityProfessor (Part-time)
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