Dr. Hanno Sauer

Universitair hoofddocent
Ethiek Instituut
Filosofie
h.c.sauer@uu.nl

Hanno Sauer is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy & Religious Studies at Utrecht University. He teaches ethics, metaethics and political philosophy. 

He is a member of the Ethics Institute and is currently the Principal Investigator in the ERC-funded research project The Enemy of the Good. Towards a Theory of Moral Progress (PROGRESS; https://progress.sites.uu.nl/; 2019-2024) which develops systematic account of moral change and progress. 

Hanno Sauer has written books on the psychological foundations of moral cognition (https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262546706/moral-judgments-as-educated-intuitions/; https://www.routledge.com/Moral-Thinking-Fast-and-Slow/Sauer/p/book/9780367733469?srsltid=AfmBOoo-6eyzo0RQwlVI5oomuko1n5MhUwFBLAf0AOt0SyJGZ3-5rsOj), the epistemology of moral judgment (https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/debunking-arguments-in-ethics/CE9365CD44BF62CC2152DD21BB91DDD0#) and the nature of moral progress (https://www.routledge.com/Moral-Teleology-A-Theory-of-Progress/Sauer/p/book/9781032451800?srsltid=AfmBOorLYA289VDSy2pIqW8YvCWoQqpFhh26s5OsPOaaOmflka9BkKMl) and the history of human morality (https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-invention-of-good-and-evil-9780197790250?cc=us&lang=en) 

For more information, see his cv.

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