
Dr Martin Sticker
MA(Bonn), M.LITT(St.And.), PhD(St.And.)
Current positions
Senior Lecturer in Ethics
Department of Philosophy
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Research interests
Historically, my main focus is Immanuel Kant, though I haven't made up my mind yet about whether I should call myself a "Kantian". Systematically, I am interested in the question of what the right or best moral theory is. I focus especially on Kantian ethics as well as Consequentialism. I am particularly interested in working out what the differences between Consequentialist and Kantian ethical theories are and whether different types of ethical theories can be reconciled. I am also interested in duties of aid and overdemandingness, especially in the context of global poverty and global justice. Apart from this, I have interests in applied ethics, political philosophy, climate ethics, Hegel, Aristotle and enlightenment philosophy.
Much of my past research was concerned with the role of the pre-philosophical perspective for academic philosophy as well as the role that philosophy can play in turn for non-philosophers. I approached these topics largely from a historical perspective (mainly Kant).
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Using people well, treating people badly: Beyond Kantian non-instrumentalization [Martin Sticker]
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of PhilosophyDates
01/02/2023 to 31/01/2026
Thesis supervisions
Kant and the Bondage of Reason
Supervisors
Groundwork for a Theory of Moral Normativity as Complementary to Adaptiveness
Supervisors
Rousseau and the problem of Amour-propre
Supervisors
Style and the Art of Thinking
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
19/04/2025Kant and Overdemandingness II: The Demandingness of Perfect Duties
Philosophy Compass
Kant on Being a Useful Member of the World and Universal Basic Income
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Kant and Overdemandingness I
Philosophy Compass
Procreative Prerogatives and Climate Change
Journal of Applied Philosophy
Working oneself up and Universal Basic Income
Kantian Review