Books and Papers
This page has links to published
books, published and forthcoming articles. and work in progress, Some material
is only available to those with online access to the journals in which these
articles were published.
Published and Forthcoming Books
1.
Kant’s Questions: What is the Human Being? (Routledge, 2013) available
(including book preview) on Amazon
or googlebooks.
2.
Kant: Observations
on the Feeling of the Beautiful and the Sublime and other Writings (edited
with Paul Guyer, Cambridge University Press, 2011), available
(including book preview) on Amazon
or googlebooks
3.
Freedom and
Anthropology in Kant's Moral Philosophy
(Cambridge University Press, 2003) available (including book preview) on Amazon
or googlebooks.
4.
Kant’s Empirical Psychology (Cambridge University Press, under contract), book
prospectus with chapter outline available here. Please contact me for drafts of chapters.
Published and Forthcoming Articles
1.
“The Role of Religion in
Kant’s Early Ethics Lectures,” forthcoming in Kant’s Lectures on Ethics: A Critical Guide, ed. Lara Denis and
Oliver Sensen, Cambridge University Press, draft
available here.
2.
“Affects and
Passions in Kant’s Lectures on Anthropology” forthcoming in Kant’s Lectures on Anthropology: A Critical
Guide, ed. Alix Cohen, Cambridge University
Press, draft available here.
3.
“Rousseau,” forthcoming in Kant-Lexikon (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter,
forthcoming). (I also wrote a slightly longer
version available here.)
4.
“Anthropologie in Pragmatischer
Hinsicht
,” forthcoming in Kant-Lexikon.
5. Other smaller
entries for forthcoming Kant-Lexikon
include Enthusiasmus, Lachen, Hirngespinst, Schwärmerei, Verkehrtheit, Blödsinnigkeit, Hartherzigkeit,
Lebensart, Lebenswandel, Leichtgläubigkeit, Liberalität,
Langeweile, and Über Schwärmerei und die Mittel dagegen
6. “Two Concepts of Universality in Kant’s Early Ethics”
in Kant’s Observations and Remarks: A Critical Guide,
ed. Susan Shell and Richard Velkley, Cambridge
University Press, 2012.
- “Rational
Faith: God, Immortality, and Grace” in Immanuel
Kant: Key Concepts, ed. Will Dudley and Kristina Engelhardt,
Acumen Press, 2011, pp. 200-215.
- “Introduction”
to Kant: Observations
on the Feeling of the Beautiful and the Sublime and other Writings, Cambridge University Press, 2011, pp.
vii-xlv.
- “Two Standpoints and the Problem of Moral Anthropology,”
in Kant’s Moral Metaphysics (ed. James
Krueger and Benjamin Lipscomb), Berlin: Walter deGruyter
Press, 2010, pp. 83-110.
- “Smithian Intrinsic Value” in The Philosophy of Adam Smith, ed.
Vivienne Brown and Samuel Fleischacker, London: Routledge, 2010, pp. 231-249, draft available here.
- “Kantian Moral Pessimism” in Kant’s Anatomy of Evil, ed. Sharon
Anderson-Gold and Pablo Muchnik, Cambridge
University Press, 2010, pp. 33-56.
- “Kant on Mental Disorder 1: An
Overview,” History of Psychiatry 20 (2009):
267-289)
- “Kant on Mental Disorder 2:
Philosophical Implications,” History
of Psychiatry 20(2009): 290-310
- “Empirical Psychology, Common Sense, and Kant’s
Empirical Markers for Moral Responsibility,” Studies in the History and Philosophy
of Science 39 (2008):473-82, draft available here.
- “Kant on the Causes of Human
Action: A Brief Sketch,” Proceedings
of the Tenth World Kant Congress (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2008)
- “Corruption, Non-ideal Theory, and Grace:
A response to Kant and the Ethics of
Humility,” Philosophy and
Phenomenological Research 75 (2007): 624-31, draft available here.
17. “Providence and Divine Mercy in Kant's Ethical Cosmopolitanism,” Faith and Philosophy 24 (2007): 143-63.
18. “Metastandards in the
Ethics of Adam Smith and Aldo Leopold,” Environmental Ethics 29 (2007): 173-93.
19. “Adam Smith and the Possibility of Sympathy with Nature,” Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 87
(2006): 442-80. (For an earlier draft version, click here.)
20. “Character and Evil in Kant's Moral Anthropology,” Journal of the History of Philosophy 44
(2006): 623-34.
21. “Applying Adam Smith: From Adam Smith to Environmental Virtue
Ethics” (In New Voices on Adam Smith, ed.
Eric Schliesser and Leon Montes, Routledge:
2006), pp. 140-67.
22. “Kant's Empirical Account of Human Action” Philosopher’s
Imprint
5.7 (December 2005): 1-32
23. “The Moral Importance of Politeness in Kant's Anthropology”
(Kantian Review, January 2005). Click here for an unofficial copy of this paper.
24. “Learning to Love: From Egoism to Generosity in Descartes”
(Journal of the History of Philosophy, July 2002)
Book Reviews
1. “Chad Wellmon. Becoming
Human: Romantic Anthropology and the Embodiment of Freedom,” Review, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, 2011.
2. “Pablo Muchnik, Kant’s
Theory of Evil,” Review, Review of Metaphysics, xxx.
3. “Robert
Louden et. al., eds, Anthropology, History, Pedagogy,” Review, APA Newsletter on
Teaching Philosophy (with Ido Geiger), xxx.
4. “Richard
McCarty, Kant’s Theory of Action,” Review, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, 2010.
5. “Andrews Reath, Agency and
Autonomy in Kant’s Moral Philosophy,” Review,
Review of Metaphysics 62 (2008):421-3.
6. “Holly
Wilson, Kant’s Pragmatic Anthropology,”
Review, Kantian Review (2009)
7. “Richard
Dean, Kant and the Formula of Humanity,”
Review, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, 2007.
8. “Ronald Sandler and
Philip Cafaro (eds), Environmental Virtue Ethics,” Review, Environmental Values 15 (2006): 258-260
9. “Heiner Bielefeldt, Symbolic Representation in Kant’s Practical
Philosophy,” Review, Faith and Philosophy, 2006
10. “Jeanine Grenberg, Kant and
the Ethics of Humility,” Review,
Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews,
2005.
11. “Jorge Secada. Cartesian Metaphysics: The Late Scholastic Origins
of Modern Philosophy,” Review, Journal
of the History of Philosophy (April 2001)
12. “Clarence Bonnen and Daniel Flage.
Descartes and Method,” Review, Journal
of the History of Philosophy (July 2000)
13. “Margaret Wilson.
Ideas and Mechanism,” Review, Journal
of the History of Philosophy (January 2000)
Articles in
Progress
Book Projects in
progress (or on the back burner…)
I currently have several
book projects in “process”. The prospectuses offered here are very rough, but
they will give a sense for where the book projects currently aim.
Natural Sentiments: Adam
Smith and Environmental Ethics
Kant and
Contemporary Psychology
Education and
Autonomy: Rousseau, Kant, Montessori
The Philosophy of
Maria Montessori
Autonomy and
Childhood in the Thought of Maria Montessori