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Andreas MüllerE-mail: andreas.mueller@hu-berlin.de In April 2014, Andreas joined the University of Münster as a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Centre for Advanced Study in Bioethics.
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Research Interests |
Metaethics, normative and applied ethics, Kant's moral theory, related issues in metaphysics and the philosophy of language |
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Vita |
2004-09 undergraduate studies at Humboldt University (B.A. in philosophy and B.Sc. in economics) and graduate studies at the University of St Andrews (M.Litt. in philosophy). 2012 visiting research student at Princeton University. PhD in philosophy from Humboldt University (01/2014). Humboldt Post-Doc Scholarship from 02/2014 to 03/2014. Since 04/2014 Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Centre for Advanced Study in Bioethics of the University of Münster. |
| Talks (selection) |
“A Constructivist Account of Values”, Conference on Values, Tübingen University (22 November 2013) “Is Metaethical Constructivism Circular?”, 8th Conference of the German Society for Analytic Philosophy (GAP.8), Konstanz University (20 Sept ember 2012) “Constructivism and the Possibility of Normative Mistakes”, Colloquium in Practical Philosophy, Saarbrücken University (03 June 2012) “How to Be a Moral Constructivist”, Humboldt-Princeton Graduate Workshop in Philosophy, HU Berlin (18 July 2011) Comment on Jesse Prinz on “The Emotional Basis of Morals”, Workshop Emotions, Perception and Morality, HU Berlin (20 July 2010) |
| Projects |
The Moral Relevance of Consent By consenting to an action, those affected by it can change its moral status from a morally wrong to a permissible action. The project aims to develop a systematic account of why and under what conditions a person's consent has that moral relevance. It will also discuss a number of related problems that arise in areas such as medical ethics and criminal law.
Reasons and Deliberation. Exploring the Prospects of Metaethical Constructivism The dissertation explores the prospects of a constructivist position in metaethics by elaborating the basic idea of constructivism—which is familiar from authors such as John Rawls and Christine Korsgaard—into a fully fledged account of practical reasons, making its theoretical commitments explicit, and defending it against some common objections. (more information) |
| Courses Taught (selection) |
Utilitarianism
Constructivism in Ethics |