Prof. Dr. Benjamin Kiesewetter
Prof. Dr. Benjamin Kiesewetter
Research Focus
Metaethics:
Structure of normativity, rationality and reasons, structural rationality, theories of practical reasons and practical reason
Normative Ethics:
Moral rights and aggregation, ethical pluralism, non-consequentialism, foundational questions in moral philosophy
Applied Ethics and Political Philosophy:
Children’s rights, democratic theory, climate ethics, responsibility toward future generations
Further Information:
Overview of research projects in the Department of Practical Philosophy
Website of the ERC Research Project “The Structure of Normativity”
Teaching
Winter 2025/26
- Der Begriff der moralischen Pflicht (Graduate Seminar)
- Werkstattseminar
- Research Colloquium Practical Philosophy and Normativity
Summer 2025
- Normative Gründe (Graduate Seminar)
- Werkstattseminar
- Research Colloquium Practical Philosophy & Normativity
Overview of my previous courses/ teaching
Short CV
- Nov 2024: German Philosophy Prize
- Feb–Aug 2024: Visiting Scholar, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
- Since Mar 2023: University Professor (W3) of Practical Philosophy, Bielefeld University
- Since Oct 2022: Project Leader, ERC Research Project “The Structure of Normativity”
- Jun–Oct 2022: Offers for W3 Professorships at Bielefeld University, University of Heidelberg, and University of Stuttgart
- Oct 2021–Sep 2022: Senior Research Fellow, Collaborative Research Center Human Abilities, Free University Berlin
- Jun 2020–Sep 2021: Research Associate, DFG Project Knowledge and Decision, TU Dresden and University of Hamburg
- Jun 2015–Jun 2020: Project Leader (own position), DFG Project Principles of Deliberative Obligation, Humboldt University Berlin
- Sep 2018: Wolfgang-Stegmüller-Prize, Society for Analytic Philosophy
- Oct 2016–Sep 2017: Acting Professor of Practical Philosophy, University of Hamburg
- Apr 2013–Mar 2015: Research Associate, Humboldt University Berlin
- Oct 2014: Humboldt-Prize, Humboldt University Berlin
- Mar–Jul 2014: Postdoctoral Research Associate, ANU Canberra
- Feb 2014: PhD (Dr. phil.), Humboldt University Berlin, Dissertation: The Normativity of Rationality, Advisors: Thomas Schmidt (HU Berlin) and R. Jay Wallace (UC Berkeley)
- Jan 2009–Dec 2012: Research Associate, Humboldt University Berlin
- Oct 2011–Jan 2012: Visiting Scholar, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires
- Sep 2009–Jul 2010: Visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley
- Jun 2007: M.A. in Philosophy, Modern German Literature, and Cultural Studies, Humboldt University Berlin
Publications
Further information on my publications and downloadable PDFs can also be found on the following profiles: