Prof. OLIVER SENSEN, PhD Department of Philosophy Newcomb Hall 105J Tulane University Tel.: +1 (504) 862-3386 New Orleans, LA 70118 [email protected] EMPLOYMENT 2011– Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Tulane University 2004– Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Tulane University EDUCATIONAL RECORD 2000-2004 Ph.D., Philosophy, King’s College, Cambridge University ‘Freedom and the Categorical Imperative: Kant’s Argument for Human Dignity’ 1999-2000 Visiting Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Harvard University 1996-1998 M.A., Philosophy, Munich School of Philosophy (Egregia cum laude) 1995-1996 Visiting Student, St. Anne’s College, Oxford University 1992-1994 B.A., Philosophy, Munich School of Philosophy TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2004-present Professor, Tulane University 2012 Visiting Associate Professor, MIT 2003-2004 Teaching Fellow, Harvard University 2003 Lecturer, Cambridge University 2003 Supervisor, King’s College, Cambridge 2001-2002 Teaching Fellow, Harvard University 2000-2001 Supervisor, King’s College, Cambridge PUBLICATIONS I. Books Author Human Dignity, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming. Author Kant on Human Dignity, Berlin: de Gruyter, 2011 (Paperback 2016). Editor Kant on Moral Autonomy, Cambridge University Press, 2012. Co-Editor Respect, Oxford University Press. Co-Editor The Emergence of Autonomy in Kant’s Moral Theory, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming. Co-Editor Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Norton Press, forthcoming. Co-Editor Norton Critical Edition to Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Norton Press, forthcoming Co-Editor Kant’s Lectures on Ethics: A Critical Guide, Cambridge University Press, 2015. Co-Editor Kant’s Tugendlehre: A Comprehensive Commentary, Berlin: de Gruyter, 2013. 1 II. Articles (52) “The Introduction to Kant’s Doctrine of Virtue I-VI,” in O. Höffe (ed.), Immanuel Kant: Metaphysische Anfangsgründe der Tugendlehre, de Gruyter, forthcoming. (51) “How to Respect Someone’s Dignity,” in Y. Kato and G. Schönrich (eds.), Kant’s Conception of Dignity, de Gruyter, forthcoming. (50) “How Free are Prudential Actions?” in Studia Kantiana, forthcoming (49) “Respect and Politeness,” in C. Xie (ed.), Politeness, Benjamins, forthcoming. (48) “Kant and Evolutionary Ethics on the Supreme Principle of Morality,” in R. Tacelli (ed.), Epistemology, Kohlhammer, forthcoming. (47) “Introduction” in S. Bacin and O. Sensen (eds.): The Emergence of Autonomy in Kant’s Moral Philosophy, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming. (46) “Respect for Intellectually Disabled People” in T. Hill and A. Cureton (eds.): Disability in Practice, Oxford University Press, forthcoming. (45) “Kant on proofs of the existence of God in the second Critique (1788)” in I. Goy (ed.): Kant on Proofs, Oxford, forthcoming. (42-44) “Autonomie,” “Heteronomie,” “Gesetz” in E. Schmidt and L. Berger (eds.): Kleines Kant-Lexikon, UTB, forthcoming. (41) “The Moral Significance of Respect” in R. Dean and O. Sensen (eds.): Respect, Oxford University Press, forthcoming. (40) “Duties Towards Self” in Matthew Altman (ed.): The Palgrave Kant Handbook, forthcoming. (39) “Rights” in C. Wuerth (ed.): The Cambridge Kant-Lexicon, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming. (38) “Dignity” in C. Wuerth (ed.): The Cambridge Kant-Lexicon, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming. (37) “The ‘Dialectic’ of Kant’s Critique of Practical Reason” in S. Baiasu and M. Timmons (eds.), Kantian Minds, Routledge, forthcoming. (36) “Kant’s Constitutivism” in E. Schmidt (ed.), Kant’s Moral Anti-/Realism, de Gruyter, forthcoming. (35) “Vernunftrecht” in M. Wasmaier-Sailer and M. Hoesch (eds.), Die Begründung der Menschenrechte, Mohr-Siebeck, forthcoming. (34) “Autonomie als Grund der Menschenrechte?” in R. Mosayebi (ed.): Kant und Menschenrechte, de Gruyter, forthcoming. (33) “Freedom and Determinism” in V. Waibel et al. (eds.): Natur und Freiheit. Akten des XII. Kant Kongresses, forthcoming. 2 (32) “Elements of Autonomy in Kant’s Lectures on Ethics (1770-1780)” in S. Bacin and O. Sensen (eds.): The Emergence of Autonomy, forthcoming. (31) “Kant” in Piers Turner and Jerry Gaus (eds.): Public Reason, Routledge, 2018, 282- 299. (30) “Kant and Hume on Feelings in Moral Philosophy” in E. Robinson and C. Surprenant (eds.): Kant and the Scottish Enlightenment, Routledge, 2017, pp. 125-141. (29) “Kant’s Revolutionary Conception” in R. Debes (ed.): Dignity, Oxford University Press, 2017, pp. 237-262. (28) “Kants erhabene Würde” in M. Brandhorst and E. Weber-Guskar (eds.), Menschenwürde, Suhrkamp, 2017, pp. 154-177. (27) (with Monika Betzler): “Autonomie und Moral” in M. Kühler and M. Rüther (eds.): Handbuch Handlungstheorie, Metzler, 2016, pp. 304-309. (26) “Kant on Human Dignity reconsidered” in Kant-Studien 106 (2015), pp. 107-129. (Portuguese transl. by E. Stobbe in Estudos Kantianos 5 (2017), pp. 421-428.) (25) “Menschenwürde als Begründung der Menschenrechte” in M. Cojocaru and M. Reder (eds.): Zur Praxis der Menschenrechte, Kohlhammer, 2015, pp. 26-42. (24) “The Supreme Principle of Morality” in R. Clewis (ed.): Kant as Lecturer, de Gruyter, 2015, pp. 179-199. (23) “Kants Begriff des Gewissens” in S. Bunke and K. Mihaylova (eds.): Gewissen zwischen Gefühl und Vernunft, Königshausen und Neumann, 2015, pp. 126-138. (22) “Die Begründung des Kategorischen Imperativs” in D. Schönecker (ed.): Kants Begründung von Freiheit und Moral in Grundlegung III, Mentis, 2015, pp. 233-258. (21) “Moral Obligation and Free Will” in L. Denis and O. Sensen (eds.): Kant’s Lectures on Ethics: A Critical Guide, Cambridge University Press, 2015, pp. 138-155. (20) “Introduction” in L. Denis and O. Sensen (eds.): Kant’s Lectures on Ethics: A Critical Guide, Cambridge University Press, 2015, pp. 1-12. (18)-(19) “Autonomie,” and “Heteronomie” in G. Mohr et al. (eds.): Kant-Lexikon, Berlin: de Gruyter, 2015 (paperback 2017). (17) “Universalizing as a Moral Demand” in Estudos Kantianos 2 (2014): 169-184. (16) “Respect Towards Elderly Demented Patients” in Diametros 39 (2014): 109-124. (15) “Moral Realism and Its Alternatives” in Dissertatio 39 (2014): 11-30. (14) “Kant’s Constructisivm” in C. Bagnoli (ed.): Moral Constructivism: For and Against, Cambridge University Press, 2013, pp. 63-81. (13) “Kant” in F. D’Agostino and J. Gaus (eds.): The Routledge Companion to Social and Political Philosophy, London: Routledge, 2013, pp. 103-113. 3 (12) “Kant’s Other Arguments For Freedom” in C. La Rocca et al. (eds.): Kant und die Philosophie in weltbürgerlicher Absicht, Berlin: de Gruyter, 2013, pp. 647-657. (11) “Kant On Duties Towards Other Human Beings From Respect” in A. Trampota et al. (eds.): Kant’s Tugendlehre, de Gruyter: Berlin, 2013, pp. 343-363. (10) “The Role of Feelings in Kant’s Moral Thought” in Studi-Kantiani 25 (2012): 45-58. (9) “Friendship in Kant’s Moral Thought” in D. Caluori (ed.): The Philosophy of Friendship: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, pp. 143-160. (8) “The Moral Significance of Autonomy” in O. Sensen (ed.): Kant on Moral Autonomy, Cambridge University Press, 2012, pp. 262-281. (7) “Introduction” in O. Sensen (ed.): Kant on Moral Autonomy, Cambridge University Press, 2012, pp. 1-12. (6) “Kant’s Conception of Inner Value” in European Journal of Philosophy 19 (2011): 268-280. (5) “Human Dignity in Historical Perspective: The Contemporary and Traditional Paradigms” in European Journal of Political Theory 10 (2011): 71-91. (4) “Dignity and the Formula of Humanity” in J. Timmermann (ed.): Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals: A Critical Guide, Cambridge University Press, 2009, pp. 102-118. (3) “Kant’s Conception of Human Dignity” in Kant-Studien 100 (2009), pp. 309-331. (2) “Kant’s Treatment of Human Dignity in the Groundwork” in V. Rohden et al. (eds.): Recht und Frieden in der Philosophie Kants: Akten des X. Internationalen Kant- Kongresses, Berlin: de Gruyter, vol. III, 2008, pp. 391-403. (1) “Kants Begriff der Menschenwürde” in F.J. Bormann and C. Schröer (eds.): Abwägende Vernunft, Berlin: de Gruyter, 2004, pp. 220-236. III. Presentations 2017 Global Poverty Conference: “The Duty to Help Others,” Essen, Germany 2017 Dignity Conference: “How to Respect Someone’s Dignity,” Tokyo, Japan 2016 Department Talk: “The Moral Significance of Autonomy,” Essen, Germany. 2016 Dignity Conference: “Würde – Versuch einer Bestandsaufnahme und ein Vorschlag,” Utrecht, The Netherlands. 2016 Department Talk: “Human Dignity and Respect for Persons,” Bayreuth, Germany. 2016 Department Workshop: “Motivation und Gefühle,” Bochum, Germany. 2016 Kant Workshop: “Kant’s Constitutivism,” Frankfurt, Germany. 2016 Kant Conference: “Why Should I Help Others?” Bochum, Germany. 2016 Kant Workshop: “Kant on Envy,” Siegen, Germany. 2016 Keynote SNAKS: “In Defense of Kantian Free Will,” Athens, GA. 4 2015 Department Talk: “Constitutivism and Free Will,” University of Arizona, AZ. 2015 Kant Congress: “Freedom as different from, but compatible with determinism,” Vienna, Austria. 2015 Department Talk: “Konstitutivismus als Lösung des Problems der Willensfreiheit,” in Tübingen, Germany. 2015 Kant Conference: “Kant’s Constitutivism,” Siegen, Germany. 2015 Kant Conference: “Autonomie als Grund der Menschenrechte?” Mainz, Germany. 2014 Keynote Paper: “Möglichkeiten und Grenzen einer naturrechtlichen Begründung der Menschenrechte,” Münster, Germany. 2014 Kant Workshop: “Universalizing as a Moral Demand,” Groningen, Netherlands. 2014 Department Workshop: “Universalizing as a Moral Demand,” UNC Chapel-Hill, NC. 2014 Keynote