Jens Timmermann (born 1 May 1970) is a German philosopher and the Professor of Moral Philosophy at the
University of St Andrews
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He is best known for his research on
Kant’s ethics,
political philosophy
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and
philosophy of law
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Books
* ''Sittengesetz Und Freiheit: Untersuchungen Zu Immanuel Kants Theorie Des Freien Willens'', De Gruyter, 2003
* ''Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals: A Commentary'', Cambridge University Press, 2007
* ''Kant's 'Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals': A Critical Guide'' (ed.), Cambridge University Press, 2009
* ''Kant's Critique of Practical Reason: A Critical Guide'', Co-editor with Andrews Reath, Cambridge University Press, 2010
* ''Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals'': ''A German-English Edition'', ed. and tr.
Mary Gregor and Jens Timmermann. Cambridge University Press, 2011
* ''Kant's 'Tugendlehre, Co-editor with
Oliver Sensen and Andreas Trampota, De Gruyter, 2013
* ''
The Cambridge History of Moral Philosophy'', Co-editor with
Sacha Golob
Sacha Yevgeny Golob (born 19 October 1981) is a British philosopher and a Reader in the Department of Philosophy at King's College London. Golob is known for his expertise on French and German philosophy, in particular the work of Immanuel Ka ...
, Cambridge University Press, 2017
References
External links
Jens Timmermann at the University of St Andrews
21st-century German philosophers
Philosophy academics
Living people
1970 births
Academics of the University of St Andrews
Kant scholars
Political philosophers
Philosophers of law
German–English translators
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