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Title

Associate Professor of Philosophy

Degree

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Field of Specialty

Immanuel Kant, ethics, political philosophy, history of philosophy

Contact Information

Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for the Humanities 111
781-736-2695
kmoran@brandeis.edu

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Kate A. Moran

Kate Moran received her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses primarily on Immanuel Kant's moral and political philosophy. Prof. Moran teaches courses on Kant's theoretical and practical philosophy, as well as courses in ethics, moral psychology, political philosophy, and the history of philosophy. Prof. Moran has received research awards from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Institute for Citizens and Scholars, and the Institute for Advanced Study in Greifswald, Germany.

Publications

Moran, Kate A. and Timmermann, Jens. "Kant on Punishment, Pardon, and Forgiveness." Conflict and Resolution: The Ethics of Forgiveness, Revenge, and Punishment. Ed. Krisanna Scheiter and Paula Satne. Springer, 2021 (forthcoming)

Moran, Kate A.. "Should We Believe in Moral Progress?." Kant and the Possibility of Progress. Ed. Sam Stoner and Paul Wilford. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021 (forthcoming)

Moran, Kate A. and Von Platz, Jeppe, Julian Wuerth. "Perfect Duty." The Cambridge Kant Lexicon. 2021.

Moran, Kate A. and Von Platz, Jeppe, Julian Wuerth. "The Metaphysics of Morals." The Cambridge Kant Lexicon. 2021.

Moran, Kate A., Julian Wuerth. "Morals (Sitten)." The Cambridge Kant Lexicon. 2021.

Moran, Kate A.. "Kant on Traveling Blacksmiths and Passive Citizenship." Kant-Studien 112. 1 (2021): 1–22.

Moran, Kate A.. "The Emergence of Autonomy in Kant's Moral Philosophy." Rev. of The Emergence of Autonomy in Kant's Moral Philosophy, by Stefano Bacin and Oliver Sensen. Journal of the History of Philosophy vol. 58.2 2020

Kate Moran. "Kant on the Miser." Natur und Freiheit, Akten des XII. Internationalen Kant-Kongresses. Ed. Violetta L. Waibel, Margit Ruffing, David Wagner. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter, 2019

Moran, Kate A.. "Kant on Luck." Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy and Psychology of Luck. Ed. Ian Church and Robert J. Hartman. Routledge, 2019

Kate A. Moran. "Misunderstanding Duty: Vices of Culture, 'Aggravated' Vice, and the Role of Casuistical Questions in Moral Education." Educational Philosophy and Theory (Special Issue on Kant and Education) (2018).

Moran, Kate A., ed. Kant on Freedom and Spontaneity. Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Moran, Kate A.. "Inclination, Need, and Moral Misery." Kant on Freedom and Spontaneity. Ed. Kate A. Moran. Cambridge University Press, 2018

Moran, Kate A.. "Demandingness, Indebtedness, and Charity: Kant on Imperfect Duties to Others." The Palgrave Kant Handbook. Ed. Matthew Altman. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017

Moran, Kate A.. "Neither Justice nor Charity? Kant on 'General Injustice'." Canadian Journal of Philosophy 47. (2017): 477-498.

Moran, Kate A.. "Kant and the Cultivation of Virtue." Rev. of Kant and the Cultivation of Virtue, by Chris Surprenant. Kantian Review vol. 21 2016

Moran, Kate A.. "Much Obliged: Kantian Gratitude Reconsidered." Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie 98. 3 (2016).

Moran, Kate A.. "Kant and Colonialism: Historical and Critical Perspectives." Rev. of Kant and Colonialism: Historical and Critical Perspectives, by Katrin Flikschuh and Lea Ypi (eds.). British Journal for the History of Philosophy vol. 24 2015

Moran, Kate A.. "Kant on Practical Life: From Duty to History." Rev. of Kant on Practical Life: From Duty to History, by Kristi Sweet. Critique vol. June 2015 2015

Moran, Kate A.. "Delusions of Virtue: Kant on Self-Conceit." Kantian Review 19. 3 (2014): 445–473.

Moran, Kate A.. "Kant on Practical Justification." Rev. of Kant on Practical Justification, by Mark Timmons and Sorin Baiasu. Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie vol. 96 2014: 492–498.

Moran, Kate A.. For Community's Sake: A (Self-Respecting) Kantian Account of Forgiveness. Proc. of XI International Kant Congress. DeGruyter, 2013.

Moran, Kate A.. Community and Progress in Kant's Moral Philosophy. Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2012.

Moran, Kate A.. "The Ethical Community as Ground of Moral Action: An Interpretation of the Highest Good." Rethinking Kant. vol. 3 Ed. Oliver Thorndike. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011. 78-99.

Moran, Kate A.. "Can Kant Have an Account of Moral Education?." Journal of Philosophy of Education 43. 4 (2009).

Courses Taught