Monika Betzler
Biographic Data
| ID | 4047423 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Monika Betzler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Monika |
| FAMILY NAME | Betzler |
| SIGNATURE | BETZLER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0973-3951 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 4 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Accounting for the Normative Force of Project-Dependent Reasons
The goal of this chapter is to explain the normative force of personal projects and the project-dependent reasons they generate. Scheffler argues that it is not wrong to ignore project-dependent reasons. I point to three considerations that aim to show, pace Scheffler, that it is wrong to simply ignore the project-dependent reasons we once acknowledged. First, it is a condition for valuing a particular project that we have reasons to continue to …
Ending a special relationship: Toward an ethics of divorce
Romantic partnerships are typically among the most important goods in our lives. But love sometime ends, and so too do relationships. Divorcing partners are particularly vulnerable to being wronged and harmed. The aim of this paper is to develop an ethics of divorce, by establishing that divorce is a condition for the possibility of the distinct value of romantic partnerships. Different sets of rights are specified here: the divorcee's right to e…
The Moral Significance of Adolescence
This article examines whether there is a morally relevant difference between adolescents and adults even if both are similarly autonomous. Understanding that difference accounts for the particular moral significance of adolescence and explains what we owe to adolescents as individual members of that age group. I first raise the plausibility of this morally relevant difference by highlighting the difficulties that any attempts would face which try…
Verschwörungstheorien in Zeiten der Pandemie: Zur Bedeutung ethischer Standards im Prozess politischer Meinungsbildung. On the Importance of Ethical Standards in Political Deliberation
To what extent can conspiracy theories be understood as a political challenge in these pandemic times? In order to discuss this issue, I provide an explication of the term ‘conspiracy theory’ that allows it to be applied in an epistemically elucidating and politically fruitful way. Against this backdrop, I will demonstrate how conspiracy theories violate, among other things, the ethically relevant standards that are established through well-order…
Collegial Relationships
Although collegial relationships are among the most prevalent types of interpersonal relationships in our lives, they have not been the subject of much philosophical study. In this paper, we take the first step in the process of developing an ethics of collegiality by establishing what qualifies two people as colleagues and then by determining what it is that gives value to collegial relationships. We argue that A and B are colleagues if both exh…
Shared Belief and the Limits of Empathy
To show affective empathy is to share in another person's experiences, including her emotions. Most philosophers who write about emotions accept the broadly cognitivist view that emotions are rationally connected with beliefs. We argue that affective empathy is also rationally connected with belief; you can only share in another's emotions insofar as you can share certain of her beliefs. In light of that claim, we argue that affective empathy bri…
What is a colleague? The descriptive and normative dimension of a dual character concept
Colleagues are not only an integral part of many people’s lives; empirical research suggests that having a good relationship with one’s colleagues is the single most important factor for being happy at work. However, so far, no one has provided a comprehensive account of what it means to be a colleague. To address this lacuna, we have conducted both an empirical as well as theoretical investigation into the content and structure of the concept ‘c…
Enhancing the Capacity for Autonomy: What Parents Owe Their Children to Make Their Lives Go Well
Personal Projects and Reasons for Partiality
Freiheit und Selbstbestimmung: Ausgewählte Texte
Kant's Ethics of Virtue
Kant's Ethics of Virtue
The considerable extensions and refinements undertaken by Kant in comparison with his earlier works, above all in his Doctrine of Virtue, are shown to be of relevance to contemporary modern debates on theoretical moral questions. The papers collected in this volume each discuss Kant's central ideas in the context of his earlier writings on ethics and within the context of our contemporary ethical debates. Thus the significance and possible extent…
Practical Conflicts: New Philosophical Essays
Practical conflicts: New Philosophical Essays
Practical conflicts pervade human life. Agents have many different desires, goals, and commitments, all of which can come into conflict with each other. How can practical reasoning help to resolve these practical conflicts? In this collection of essays a distinguished roster of philosophers analyse the diverse forms of practical conflict. Their aim is to establish an understanding of the sources of these conflicts, to investigate the challenge th…
Freiheit und Selbstbestimmung: Ausgewählte Texte
Erstmals im deutschsprachigen Raum werden in diesem repräsentativen Reader Arbeiten von Harry G. Frankfurt publiziert, dessen Überlegungen bedeutsam wurden für nicht-utilitaristische Werttheorien, für die Ethik der Fürsorge bzw. der Tugendethik, aber auch für die moderne Rationalitätstheorie. Freiheit und Determinismus sind miteinander vereinbar – diese Auffassung vertritt Frankfurt nachdrücklich. Zunächst entwickelte er ein hierarchisches Modell…
Autonomes Handeln: Beiträge zur Philosophie von Harry G. Frankfurt
Kants Rechtsphilosophie
Practical conflicts: New Philosophical Essays
Practical conflicts pervade human life. Agents have many different desires, goals, and commitments, all of which can come into conflict with each other. How can practical reasoning help to resolve these practical conflicts? In this collection of essays a distinguished roster of philosophers analyse the diverse forms of practical conflict. Their aim is to establish an understanding of the sources of these conflicts, to investigate the challenge th…
Kants Rechtsphilosophie
Autonomes Handeln: Beiträge zur Philosophie von Harry G. Frankfurt
Freiheit und Selbstbestimmung: Ausgewählte Texte
Erstmals im deutschsprachigen Raum werden in diesem repräsentativen Reader Arbeiten von Harry G. Frankfurt publiziert, dessen Überlegungen bedeutsam wurden für nicht-utilitaristische Werttheorien, für die Ethik der Fürsorge bzw. der Tugendethik, aber auch für die moderne Rationalitätstheorie. Freiheit und Determinismus sind miteinander vereinbar – diese Auffassung vertritt Frankfurt nachdrücklich. Zunächst entwickelte er ein hierarchisches Modell…
Practical Conflicts: New Philosophical Essays
Practical conflicts: New Philosophical Essays
Practical conflicts pervade human life. Agents have many different desires, goals, and commitments, all of which can come into conflict with each other. How can practical reasoning help to resolve these practical conflicts? In this collection of essays a distinguished roster of philosophers analyse the diverse forms of practical conflict. Their aim is to establish an understanding of the sources of these conflicts, to investigate the challenge th…
Kant's Ethics of Virtue
Kant's Ethics of Virtue
The considerable extensions and refinements undertaken by Kant in comparison with his earlier works, above all in his Doctrine of Virtue, are shown to be of relevance to contemporary modern debates on theoretical moral questions. The papers collected in this volume each discuss Kant's central ideas in the context of his earlier writings on ethics and within the context of our contemporary ethical debates. Thus the significance and possible extent…
Personal Projects and Reasons for Partiality
Freiheit und Selbstbestimmung: Ausgewählte Texte
Enhancing the Capacity for Autonomy: What Parents Owe Their Children to Make Their Lives Go Well
What is a colleague? The descriptive and normative dimension of a dual character concept
Colleagues are not only an integral part of many people’s lives; empirical research suggests that having a good relationship with one’s colleagues is the single most important factor for being happy at work. However, so far, no one has provided a comprehensive account of what it means to be a colleague. To address this lacuna, we have conducted both an empirical as well as theoretical investigation into the content and structure of the concept ‘c…
Verschwörungstheorien in Zeiten der Pandemie: Zur Bedeutung ethischer Standards im Prozess politischer Meinungsbildung. On the Importance of Ethical Standards in Political Deliberation
To what extent can conspiracy theories be understood as a political challenge in these pandemic times? In order to discuss this issue, I provide an explication of the term ‘conspiracy theory’ that allows it to be applied in an epistemically elucidating and politically fruitful way. Against this backdrop, I will demonstrate how conspiracy theories violate, among other things, the ethically relevant standards that are established through well-order…
Collegial Relationships
Although collegial relationships are among the most prevalent types of interpersonal relationships in our lives, they have not been the subject of much philosophical study. In this paper, we take the first step in the process of developing an ethics of collegiality by establishing what qualifies two people as colleagues and then by determining what it is that gives value to collegial relationships. We argue that A and B are colleagues if both exh…
Shared Belief and the Limits of Empathy
To show affective empathy is to share in another person's experiences, including her emotions. Most philosophers who write about emotions accept the broadly cognitivist view that emotions are rationally connected with beliefs. We argue that affective empathy is also rationally connected with belief; you can only share in another's emotions insofar as you can share certain of her beliefs. In light of that claim, we argue that affective empathy bri…
The Moral Significance of Adolescence
This article examines whether there is a morally relevant difference between adolescents and adults even if both are similarly autonomous. Understanding that difference accounts for the particular moral significance of adolescence and explains what we owe to adolescents as individual members of that age group. I first raise the plausibility of this morally relevant difference by highlighting the difficulties that any attempts would face which try…
Ending a special relationship: Toward an ethics of divorce
Romantic partnerships are typically among the most important goods in our lives. But love sometime ends, and so too do relationships. Divorcing partners are particularly vulnerable to being wronged and harmed. The aim of this paper is to develop an ethics of divorce, by establishing that divorce is a condition for the possibility of the distinct value of romantic partnerships. Different sets of rights are specified here: the divorcee's right to e…
Accounting for the Normative Force of Project-Dependent Reasons
The goal of this chapter is to explain the normative force of personal projects and the project-dependent reasons they generate. Scheffler argues that it is not wrong to ignore project-dependent reasons. I point to three considerations that aim to show, pace Scheffler, that it is wrong to simply ignore the project-dependent reasons we once acknowledged. First, it is a condition for valuing a particular project that we have reasons to continue to …
Epistemology (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Philosophical Ethics and Theory (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (3 works)