Utrecht, Netherlands
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Law
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    Law, Practical Reason, and Future Generations
    Jus Cogens 1-18. forthcoming.
    Complex moral and political problems like climate change have the capacity to make wrongful (in)actions appear reasonable. This has significance for the central questions of jurisprudence. If we cannot plan rationally for the future, or acts now thought to be rational and blameless become progressively more blameworthy, central elements in our understanding of law – planning, reasonableness, and authority – may diminish in their ability to explain the function and normativity of law. If this is …Read more
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    Human Dignity
    with and and Gerhard Bos
    Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2016.
    Human Dignity The mercurial concept of human dignity features in ethical, legal, and political discourse as a foundational commitment to human value or human status. The source of that value, or the nature of that status, are contested. The normative implications of the concept are also contested, and there are two partially, or even wholly, … Continue reading Human Dignity →