Research

Books & Edited Volumes

Articles & Contributions to Volumes

  • “Rassismus und Xenophobie”. Handbuch Philosophie und Migration. Hg. v. Karoline Reinhardt und Gottfried Schweiger. Heidelberg, J.B. Metzler Verlag (forthcoming).

  • “Gradated Racism”. The Journal of Ethics, 2025.* https://doi.org/10.1007/s10892-025-09538-4

  • “Huaping Lu-Adler on Kant’s Relation to Racism”. Critical Philosophy of Race 13:2, 2025, 253–283.* https://doi.org/10.5325/critphilrace.13.2.0253

  • “Kant’s Metaphysics of Race, Its Distinctiveness, and Its Normativity”. Journal of Social Philosophy. 2025.* https://doi.org/10.1111/josp.12612.

  • “Kant on Race Mixing, Subracial Variety, and Progressive Culture”. Critical Philosophy of Race 13:1, 2025, 53–74.* https://muse.jhu.edu/article/951638.

  • “Juridical Empowerment. Empowering the Impoverished as Rights-Asserters”. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 26, 2023, 237–254.* https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10677-022-10295-8

  • “Menschenrechte” (“Rawls on Human Rights”). In: Rawls-Handbuch. Reder, Michael/Schimdt, Thomas M./Frühbauer, Johannes (eds.), Heidelberg, J.B. Metzler Verlag 2023, 557–567.

  • “Konstruktivismus” (“Constructivism”). In: Rawls-Handbuch. Reder, Michael/Schimdt, Thomas M./Frühbauer, Johannes (eds.), Heidelberg, J.B. Metzler Verlag 2023, 521–535.

  • “Armut bei Kant” (Kant on Poverty). In: Handbuch Philosophie und Armut, Schweiger, Gottfried/Sedmak, Clemens (eds.), Heidelberg, J.B. Metzler Verlag, 2021, 121–127. DOI:10.1007/978-3-476-05740-2_17

  • “Die Politische Konzeption der Menschenrechte und ihre Kritiker” (“The Political Conception of Human Rights and its Critics”). Information Philosophie 2020/3, 28–30. https://www.information-philosophie.de/?a=1&t=9085&n=2&y=4&c=147

  • “A Semi-Kantian Account of Dignity: Passing the Buck whilst Regulating Reasons for Human Rights”. In: Kant’s Concept of Dignity. Kato, Yasushi/Schoenrich, Gerhard (eds.), Berlin/New York, De Gruyter, 2019, 73–96 (Japanese translation to be published by Iwanami Shoten Publishers, Tokyo)* https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110661491-007

  • “Rawls’ Menschenrechtskonzeption” (“Rawls’ Conception of Human Rights”). In: John Rawls, Das Recht der Völker. Klassiker Auslegen. Hahn, Henning/Mosayebi, Reza (eds.), Berlin/New York, De Gruyter, 2019, 97–116. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110650631-009

  • “Über reduktive Darstellungen der Moraltheorie der Menschenrechte” (“On Reductive Representaions of the Moral Theories of Human Rights“). In: Philosophie der Menschenrechte. Ringkamp, Daniela/Widdau, Christoph Sebastian (eds.), Berlin, Logos, 2019, 13–38. ISBN 978-3-8325-4799-8.

  • “Kants Republikanismus, der Mensch als Selbstzweck und Menschenrechte” (“Kant’s Republicanism, the Human Being as an End in Itself and Human Rights”). In: Kants Naturrecht Feyerabend. Analysen und Perspektiven. Ruffing, Margit/Schlitte, Annika (eds.), Berlin/New York, De Gruyter, 2019, 249–262. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110672251-016

  • “Homo noumenon und die aktive und die passive Seite der Selbstverpflichtung” (“Homo Noumeneon and the Active and the Passive Sides of the Self-Obligation”). In: Natur und Freiheit. Weibel, Violetta/Ruffing, Margit/Wagner, David (eds.), Berlin/New York, De Gruyter, 2018, 1985–1992. 10.1515/9783110467888-187.

  • “Einleitung: Kant und Menschenrechte – Potenziale und Probleme” (“Introduction: Kant and Human Rights – Potentials and Problems”). In: Kant und Menschenrechte. Mosayebi, Reza (ed.), De Gruyter, 2018, 1–34. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110572377.

  • “Die Behauptung eigener Menschenrechte als Selbstforderung” (“Asserting one’s own Human Rights as a Self-Regarding Demand”). In: Kant und Menschenrechte. Mosayebi, Reza (ed.), Berlin/New York, De Gruyter, 2018, 267–303. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110572377-013

  • “Die ‘Antinomie’ des §3 der Tugendlehre” (The ‘Antinomy’ of §3 of the Doctrine of Virtue). In: Kant und die Philosophie in weltbürgerlicher Absicht. Bacin, S./Ferrarin, A./La Rocca, C./Ruffing, M. (eds.), Berlin/New York, De Gruyter, 5. Bd., 2013, 443–456. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110246490.2327.

  • “Die ‘Definition’ der Vernunftreligion” (The ‘Definition’ of the Religion of Reason). In: Die Religion innerhalb der Grenzen der bloßen Vernunft. Höffe, Otfried (ed.), Klassiker Auslegen. Berlin/New York, Akademie Verlag, 2010, 249–270. https://doi.org/10.1524/9783050056234.249.

(* = peer-reviewed)

  • “Anti-Semitismus and Anti-jüdischer Rassismus”. International Conference: Philosophie und Antisemitismus, University of Würzburg, March 2026.

  • “Kant, Kantians and Some Themes of Intersectionality”. International Zoom-Conference: Kant and Racial Discrimination, February 2022.

  • “Public Reasoning for Human Rights und Human Rights Culture”. ECPR General Conference, Breslau, September 2019.

  • “Kant’s Honestas Iuridica and Global Poverty”. The 13th International Kant-Congress, Oslo, August 2019.

  • “On the Indispensability of Moral Reasoning for Human Rights”. X. Conference of German Society of Analytic Philosophy (GAP), Cologne, September 2018.

  • “Vier Merkmale der ‘Politischen Konzeption’ der Menschenrechte und deren Inkohärenz” (“Four Features of the ‘Political Conception’ of Human Rights and their Incoherence”). XXIV. Deutscher Kongress für Philosophie, Berlin, September 2017.

  • “A ‘Buck-Passing Account’ of Human Dignity”. Final Conference: The Future of Human Dignity, Utrecht, October 2016.

  • “Homo noumenon und die aktive und die passive Seite der Selbstverpflichtung” (“Homo Noumenon and the Active and Passive Sides of the Self-Obligation”). XII. International Kant Congress, Vienna, October 2015.

  • “Motivational Judgment Internalism und der Fall des moralisch Bösen” (“Motivational Judgment Internalism and the Case of Moral Evil”). XXIII. Deutscher Kongress für Philosphie, University of Münster, Germany, October 2015.

Conference papers (selected)

Invited Talks/Refereed Conference Presentations (selected)

  • “Anti-Semitismus and Anti-jüdischer Rassismus”, University of Würzburg, March 2026.

  • “Gradated Racism”, The Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto, July 2025.

  • “Kant’s Metaphysics of Race, Its Distinctiveness, and Its Normativity”, North American Society (NAKS), July 2025.

  • “Racism in the History of Philosophy” (together with Alice Hasters), Phil.Cologne, June 2025

  • “Was Kant a Race Essentialist?”, 14th International Kant Congress, Bonn, September 2024.

  • “Decolonizing Kant” (together with Pauline Kleingeld, Huaping Lu-Adler), University of Amsterdam, June 2024.

  • “Race, Enlightenment, and Equality”, Goethe-Institute Amsterdam, March 2024.

  • “Kant’s Metaphysic of Race”, Digital Kant Lectures, August 2023.

  • “‘Do Not Make Yourself a Mere Means for Others ...’ A Kantian Anti-Racist Account”. International Conference: Kant and Migration. Inclusion/Exclusion. University of Bristol, July 2023.

  • “Kant’s Cosmopolitanism, Peace and the Problem of Race”, Collegium Giessenum, May 2023.

  • “Kant, Intersectionality and the Worst Off”, Virtual NAKS, October 2022.

  • “Kant’s Cosmopolitanism and Race Mixing”, Complutense University of Madrid, October 2022.

  • “Public Reasoning for Human Rights and Human Rights Culture”, ECPR General Conference, Breslau, September 2019.

  • “Kant’s Honestas Iuridica and Global Poverty”, the 13th International Kant-Congress, Oslo, August 2019.

  • “On the Indispensability of Moral Reasoning for Human Rights”, X. Conference of German Society of Analytic Philosophy (GAP), University of Cologne, September 2018; University of Magdeburg, Germany, June 2018.

  • “Kant’s ‘honestas iuridica’ and the Poor”, International Conference “Kant and Global Poverty”, Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI), Essen, Germany, October 2017.

  • “Vier Merkmale der ‘Politischen Konzeption’ der Menschenrechte und deren Inkohärenz” (“Four Features of the ‘Political Conception’ of Human Rights and their Incoherence”), XXIV. Deutscher Kongress für Philosophie, Berlin, September 2017.

  • “A ‘Buck-Passing Account’ of Kant’s Conception of Human Dignity”, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, July 2017.

  • “Über ein Unterscheidungskriterium für sozio-ökonomische Menschenrechte” (“A Determining Criterion of Socio-Economic Human Rights”). Conference on Social Human Rights, University of Kassel, Germany, June 2017.

  • “Kant zur Reziprozität staatlicher, völkerrechtlicher und globaler Verrechtlichung” (“Kant on Reciprocity of State, International and Global juridification”), Conference on Kant’s Practical Philosophy, University of Bonn, Germany, May 2017.

  • “A ‘Buck-Passing Account’ of Human Dignity”, Final Conference: The Future of Human Dignity, Utrecht University, Netherlands, October 2016.

  • “Security, Dignity, and Human Rights”, Inter University Center Dubrovnik, Croatia, September 2016.

  • “Homo noumenon und die aktive und die passive Seite der Selbstverpflichtung” (“Homo Noumenon and the Active and Passive Side of the Self-Obligation”), XII. International Kant Congress, Vienna, October 2015.

  • “Motivational Judgment Internalism und der Fall des moralisch Bösen” (“Motivational Judgment Internalism and the Case of Moral Evil”). XXIII. Deutscher Kongress für Philosphie, University of Münster, Germany, October 2015.

  • “Die Behauptung eigener Menschenrechte als Selbstforderung” (“Asserting One’s own Human Rights as a Self-Regarding Demand”). Free University of Berlin, January 2015.

  • “Konzeptionelle Bedingungen zur Identifizierung von Menschenrechtsverletzungen” (“Conceptual Conditions for the Identification of Human Rights Violations”). University of Regensburg, Germany, June 2014; Free University of Berlin, February 2014.

  • “Kant über homo noumenon” (“Kant on homo noumenon”). Centre for Kant Commentary and Interpretation (ZetKIK), University of Siegen, Germany, January 2013.

  • “Herausforderungen für die Begründung der Menschenrechte” (“Challenges of the Foundation of Human Rights”), Studium Generale, University of Tübingen, Germany, April 2012.

  • “Die Selbstkontrarietät der Menschenrechte” (“The Self-Contrariety of Human Rights”), Hanover Institute of Philosophical Research (FIPH), Germany, May 2012.

  • “Vollkommene Moralität” (“Complete Morality”), Symposium on Kant’s Philosophy of Religion, University of Tübingen, Germany, February 2010.

  • “Die ‚Antinomie’ in §§1-3 der Tugendlehre” (“The ‘Antinomy’ in §§1-3 of The Doctrine of Virtue”), XI International Kant Congress, University of Pisa, Italy, May 2010.

Work in Progress

  • “Race and Reason”. Book project (under review).

  • “Race Constructivism – An Alternative Metaphysics of Race”. Paper project (under review).

  • “Social Justice, Intersectionality and the Worst-off” (Paper project)

  • “The Endlessness of the Evil?” (Paper Project)

  • “Moral Pleonexia” (Paper Project)