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Aspects of Practical Bindingness in Kant: Introduction (2023)
Journal Article
Gläser, M., & Baiasu, S. (2023). Aspects of Practical Bindingness in Kant: Introduction. Philosophia, 51(2), 457-461. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-023-00646-9

One of the few points of consensus in the Kantian literature is that Kant's Moral Law is binding universally and unconditionally. Hence, the Moral Law is binding for all human agents (universally) irrespective of the agents' particular interests (unc... Read More about Aspects of Practical Bindingness in Kant: Introduction.

How Far Do We Self-legislate? (2023)
Journal Article
Baiasu, S. (2023). How Far Do We Self-legislate?. Philosophia, 51(2), 525-544. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-023-00613-4

: In his early writings, Kant regarded the autonomy of the will as the supreme principle of morality, as well as the sole principle of all moral laws and of the duties conforming to them. Nevertheless, this impressively sounding principle gradually d... Read More about How Far Do We Self-legislate?.

Is Boris Johnson lying? A philosopher on why it’s so hard to tell (2022)
Digital Artefact
Baiasu, S. (2022). Is Boris Johnson lying? A philosopher on why it’s so hard to tell. [Blog Style Article]

3 The Challenge of (Self-)Consciousness: Kant, Artificial Intelligence and Sense-Making (2022)
Book Chapter
Baiasu, S. (2022). 3 The Challenge of (Self-)Consciousness: Kant, Artificial Intelligence and Sense-Making. In Kant and Artificial Intelligence (105-128). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110706611-003

How do we make sense of the countless pieces of information flowing to us from the environment? This question, sometimes called the Problem of Representation, is one of the most significant problems in cognitive science. Some pioneering and important... Read More about 3 The Challenge of (Self-)Consciousness: Kant, Artificial Intelligence and Sense-Making.

Freedom in Sartre’s Phenomenology: The Kantian Limits of a Radical Project (2021)
Book Chapter
Baiasu. (2021). Freedom in Sartre’s Phenomenology: The Kantian Limits of a Radical Project. In Palgrave Handbook of German Idealism and Phenomenology. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66857-0_6

An easily recognizable feature of Sartre’s phenomenological existentialism is his conception of freedom. According to a popular interpretation, we are absolutely free, not only from factual constraints, but also free to create and pursue our own valu... Read More about Freedom in Sartre’s Phenomenology: The Kantian Limits of a Radical Project.

Distributive justice and the epistemological argument against desert (2021)
Journal Article
Baiasu. (2021). Distributive justice and the epistemological argument against desert. Academia Letters, https://doi.org/10.20935/al127

Free Will and Determinism: A Solution to the Kantian Paradox (2020)
Book Chapter
Baiasu, S. (2020). Free Will and Determinism: A Solution to the Kantian Paradox. In The Concept of Will in Classical German Philosophy (7-28). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110654639-002

Staying Philosophically on the Surface: Constitutivist and Naturalist Quests for Normativity (2020)
Book Chapter
Baiasu, S. (2020). Staying Philosophically on the Surface: Constitutivist and Naturalist Quests for Normativity. In Reason, Normativity and Law. University of Wales Press

Kant and the Continental Tradition: Sensibility, Nature and Religion (2020)
Book
Baiasu, S., & Vanzo, A. (Eds.). (2020). Kant and the Continental Tradition: Sensibility, Nature and Religion. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315145501

Immanuel Kant’s work continues to be a main focus of attention in almost all areas of philosophy. The significance of Kant’s work for the so-called continental philosophy cannot be exaggerated, although work in this area is relatively scant. The book... Read More about Kant and the Continental Tradition: Sensibility, Nature and Religion.

Sartre and the transcendental tradition 1 (2020)
Book Chapter
Baiasu, S. (2020). Sartre and the transcendental tradition 1. In S. Baiasu (Ed.), The Sartrean Mind (38-51). (1). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315100500-2

This chapter focuses on the extent to which J. P. Sartre endorses significant claim in the context of several interpretations in the literature. An evaluation of those interpretations will enable us to determine more precisely Sartre’s place within t... Read More about Sartre and the transcendental tradition 1.

The Realisability of Kant's Cosmopolitan Values (2019)
Book Chapter
Baisasu, S. (2019). The Realisability of Kant's Cosmopolitan Values. In Kant's Cosmopolitics: Contemporary Issues and Global Debates. Edinburgh University Press

As noted by Martha Nussbaum, ‘Kant’s “Toward Perpetual Peace” is a profound defense of cosmopolitan values’ (1997: 28). Kant states, in fact, that ‘essential to the purpose of perpetual peace’ is doing what we ‘ought to do in accordance with laws of... Read More about The Realisability of Kant's Cosmopolitan Values.

Universal Principle of Right: Metaphysics, Politics and Conflict Resolutions (2018)
Journal Article
Baiasu, S. (2018). Universal Principle of Right: Metaphysics, Politics and Conflict Resolutions. Kantian Review, 23(4), 527-554. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1369415418000390

In spite of its dominance, there are well-known problems with Rawls’s method of reflective equilibrium (MRE), as a method of justification in meta-ethics. One issue in particular has preoccupied commentators, namely, the capacity of this method to pr... Read More about Universal Principle of Right: Metaphysics, Politics and Conflict Resolutions.

Dignity, Law and Value: Enriching Sensen's Strong Priority Account (2018)
Journal Article
Baiasu. (2018). Dignity, Law and Value: Enriching Sensen's Strong Priority Account. Studi Kantiani, 155-166. https://doi.org/10.19272/201802901008

According to Oliver Sensen’s book, Kant on Human Dignity, the notion of dignity which can be found in the Kantian corpus is fundamentally different from the notion that gains currency in politics-related contexts today, namely, dignity as a value inh... Read More about Dignity, Law and Value: Enriching Sensen's Strong Priority Account.

Kant's Guarantee for Perpetual Peace: A Reinterpretation and Defence (2018)
Book Chapter
Baiasu, S. (2018). Kant's Guarantee for Perpetual Peace: A Reinterpretation and Defence. In Kant's Doctrine of Right in the 21st Century. University of Wales Press

Kant’s Critique Of Religion: Epistemic Sources Of Secularism (2018)
Journal Article
Baiasu. (2018). Kant’s Critique Of Religion: Epistemic Sources Of Secularism. Diametros: A Journal of Philosophy, 7-29. https://doi.org/10.13153/diam.54.2017.1131

The secular interpretation of Kant is widespread and Kant is viewed as the most prestigious founding father of liberal secularism. At the same time, however, commentators note that Kant’s position on secularism is in fact much more complex, and some... Read More about Kant’s Critique Of Religion: Epistemic Sources Of Secularism.

Sincerity in Politics and International Relations (2017)
Book
Baiasu, S., & Loriaux, S. (Eds.). (2017). Sincerity in Politics and International Relations. Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203762257

This edited volume examines concepts of sincerity in politics and international relations in order to discuss what we should expect of politicians, within what parameters they should work, and how their decisions and actions could be made consistent... Read More about Sincerity in Politics and International Relations.

Political dissimulation à la Kant (2017)
Book Chapter
Baiasu, S. (2017). Political dissimulation à la Kant. In Sincerity in Politics and International Relations (139-155). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203762257-10

According to a standard objection, 1 Kant holds an unacceptably strict view on lying and deception, and an unreasonably demanding requirement of sincerity. Especially in his late essay ‘On a supposed Right to Lie from Philanthropy’, 2 Kant seems to e... Read More about Political dissimulation à la Kant.

Comparing Kant and Sartre (2016)
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Baiasu, S. (Ed.). (2016). Comparing Kant and Sartre. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137454539

For a long time, commentators viewed Sartre as one of Kant's significant twentieth-century critics. Recent research of their philosophies has discovered that Sartre's relation to Kant's work manifests an 'anxiety of influence', which masks more profo... Read More about Comparing Kant and Sartre.

Kant on the Relation Between Duties of Virtue and Duties of Right: Introduction (2016)
Journal Article
Baiasu. (2016). Kant on the Relation Between Duties of Virtue and Duties of Right: Introduction. Studi Kantiani, 39, 11-20. https://doi.org/10.19272/201602901001

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Ethical and Politico-juridical Norms in the 'Tugendlehre' (2016)
Journal Article
Baiasu. (2016). Ethical and Politico-juridical Norms in the 'Tugendlehre'. Studi Kantiani, 39, 59-76. https://doi.org/10.19272/201602901004

Kant’s view of the relation between ethical and politico-juridical norms has been debated in the literature, especially his view in the Rechtslehre. Apart from the exegetical question about the accurate interpretation of Kant’s practical philosophy... Read More about Ethical and Politico-juridical Norms in the 'Tugendlehre'.