Oliver Sensen, PhD
Associate Professor, Philosophy

Education & Affiliations
Biography
Dr.Sensen's main research focuses on dignity, autonomy, and respect. Apart from Tulane, he has taught Ethics, including Medical Ethics, at Harvard, Cambridge, and MIT. Dr. Sensen has won teaching awards for graduate as well as undergraduate teaching, and he serves as the Vice President of the North American Kant Society. Dr. Sensen's PhD supervisor was Baroness Onora O'Neill, who wrote "Autonomy and Trust in Bioethics," and served as the head of the Nuffield Foundation.
Contributions
Author |
Human Dignity, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming. |
Author |
Kant on Human Dignity, Berlin: de Gruyter, 2011 (Paperback 2016). |
Editor |
Kant on Moral Autonomy, Cambridge University Press, 2012. |
Co-Editor |
Respect, Oxford University Press. |
Co-Editor |
The Emergence of Autonomy in Kant’s Moral Theory, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming. |
Co-Editor |
Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Norton Press, forthcoming. |
Co-Editor |
Norton Critical Edition to Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Norton Press, forthcoming |
Co-Editor |
Kant’s Lectures on Ethics: A Critical Guide, Cambridge University Press, 2015. |
Co-Editor |
Kant’s Tugendlehre: A Comprehensive Commentary, Berlin: de Gruyter, 2013. |
- Dignity
- Autonomy
- Respect
Awards & Accomplishments
2017 - Vice-President of the North American Kant Society
2008-2009 - Center for Ethics and Public Affairs, Tulane University, Faculty Fellowship.
2007 - Teaching Award, Graduate Studies Student Association, Tulane University.
2006-2009 - Research Enhancement Grant, Tulane University.
2003 - Teaching Award, Harvard University.
2002 - Teaching Award, Harvard University.
2000-2003 - DAAD (German National Exchange Program) Scholarship.
2000-2003 - AHRB (Arts and Humanities Research Board, UK) Scholarship (Fees).
2000 - Timothy Joyce Studentship (£2,500 for top-ranked new PhD student in Philosophy at Cambridge University)
2000 - Cambridge European Society, Fellow.
2000 John Ferris Scholarship, King’s College, Cambridge.
2000 - Isaac Newton Scholarship (Fees).
1995-2000 - Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (German National Scholarship Foundation) Scholarship.