Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Michael Quante
Current affiliations
- Professur für Philosophie mit dem Schwerpunkt Praktische Philosophie (Prof. Quante)
- Vice-Rectorate for Internationalization, Knowledge Transfer and Sustainability
- Center of Interdisciplinary Sustainability Research (ZIN)
- Centre for Bioethics
- Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"
- Münster Graduate School of Evolution (MGSE)
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Philosophy of German Idealism
- Philosophy of Personhood
- Action Theory
- Ethics
- Biomedical Ethics
- Legal and Social Philosophy
Academic Education | |
| 05/2001 | Dr. phil. habil., WWU Münster; thesis: Personal Life and Human(e) Death |
| 1992 | Dr. phil., WWU Münster; thesis: Hegel’s Concept of Action |
| 04/1990 | Beginning of Graduate Studies Main Subject: Philosophy; Minor Subjects: German Philology and Education Studies |
| 12/1989 | 1st State Exam, WWU Münster |
| 10/1983 - 09/1989 | Studies of German Philology (teacher’s certificate) and Philosophy (teacher’s certificate) at the WWU Münster |
| 10/1982 - 09/1983 | Studies of German and Philosophy, FU Berlin |
Work Experience | |
| since 10/2021 | Principal Investigator of the joint project “InChangE” (Individualisation in Changing Environments) |
| since 04/2017 | Member of the Research Training Group “Evolutionary Processes of Adaptation and Disease” (EvoPAD), WWU Münster |
| since 10/2009 | Professor of Practical Philosophy (W3), WWU Münster |
| since 09/2009 | Principal Investigator in the Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics," WWU Münster |
| 07/2015 - 12/2019 | Member of the Collaborative Research Centre 1150 “Cultures of Deciding,” WWU Münster (deputy speaker) |
| 09/2009 - 12/2018 | Member of the Center for Advanced Study “Foundational Questions in the Justification of Norms in Medical Ethics and Biopolitics,” WWU Münster (deputy speaker) |
| 10/2005 - 09/2009 | Professor of Philosophy (Practical Philosophy)(W3; successor of Klaus Düsing), University of Cologne |
| 2004 - 2005 | Member of the interdisciplinary working group “European Social Policy” in the European Academy, Bad Neuenahr, Ahrweiler |
| 03/2004 | Appointment as Professor of Philosophy (Practical Philosophy), University Duisburg-Essen |
| 10/2003 - 03/2004 | Substitution for Professorship in Practical Philosophy, University Duisburg-Essen |
| 06/2001 - 03/2004 | Senior Assistant Professor (Hochschuldozent), Department of Philosophy, WWU Münster |
| 04/2003 - 09/2003 | Substitution for Professorship in Ethics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
| 03/1993 - 03/2002 | Teaching Appointment in Design Theory at the University of Applied Sciences, Münster |
| 04/1996 - 06/2001 | Assistant Professor (Wissenschaftlicher Assistent), Department of Philosophy, WWU Münster |
| 04/1998 - 09/1998 | Teaching Appointment, Philosophy Department, University of Jyväskylä, Finland |
| 10/1996 - 03/1997 | Guest Scholar in the Graduate School “Identity Research”, Halle a.d. Saale, Germany |
| 08/1995 - 03/1996 | Lectureship (in substitution) in the Department of Philosophy, WWU Münster |
| 05/1995 - 07/1995 | DFG Habilitation Grant |
| 05/1993 - 04/1995 | Research Associate in the DFG-funded project “The Human Body between Person and Thing” |
| 01/1991 - 04/1993 | Research Assistant in the Department of Philosophy, WWU Münster |
| 07/1986 - 12/1990 | Student Assistant in the Department of Philosophy, WWU Münster |
Functions and Memberships | |
| Associated Editor der Zeitschrift Ethical Theory and Moral Practice (2004-2011) | |
| since 02/2022 | Member, Board of trustees of the International Center for the Study of Giftedness (ICBF) |
| since 10/2021 | Member, Steering Committee of the joint project “InChangE” (Individualisation in Changing Environments), Universities of Münster and Bielefeld |
| since 09/2019 | Chairman, Chairman of the International Marx-Engels-Foundation [Internationale Marx-Engels-Stiftung] |
| since 10/2016 | Vice Rector, Vice Rector for Internationalization and Knowledge Transfer of the WWU Münster; since 10/2022 extended denomination: Vice Rector for Internationalization, Knowledge Transfer and Sustainability |
| since 10/2015 | Permanent visiting professor at the Ren Min University Beijing |
| since 10/2013 | Member of the Academia Europea |
| since 06/2013 | Co-editor of the series Basiswissen Philosophie (Publisher: UTB / Fink Verlag) |
| since 11/2012 | Member of Berlin-Brandenburgische Academy of Sciences |
| since 11/2012 | Ehrendoktor, Doctor honoris causa of the University of Debrecen, Hungary |
| since 03/2012 | Co-editor of the series Hegel Studies Supplements (Publisher: Meiner) |
| since 01/2012 | Member of the Hegel-Commission of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of the Sciences and the Arts |
| since 01/2012 | Vice-President, Vice-President, German-Hungarian Society [Deutsch-Ungarische Gesellschaft] |
| since 10/2011 | Member of the Medical Faculty’s ethics commission of Münster University and the Medical Association Westphalen Lippe |
| since 08/2011 | Co-editor of the series Münsteraner Bioethics-Studies (Publisher: LIT) |
| since 04/2011 | Mentor for the Germany National Academic Foundation |
| since 07/2010 | Member of the Scientific Board, University of Siegen |
| since 07/2010 | Speaker of the Center for Bioethics, WWU Münster |
| since 02/2010 | Co-editor of the series Sports – Law – Society (Publisher:Mohr Siebeck) |
| since 04/2008 | Member of the College of the European Academy of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler PLC |
| since 04/2008 | Co-editor of the series Hegel-Forum (Publisher: Fink) |
| since 03/2007 | Co-editor of the series Sources and Studies of philosophy (Publisher: de Gruyter) |
| since 04/2006 | Member of the Academy for Ethics in Medicine |
| since 2004 | Reviewer for international presses: Cambridge University Press; Oxford University Press; Routledge; Sage Publications; Springer |
| since 2004 | Reviewer for these journals: Bioethics; Erkenntnis, Ethik in der Medizin; European Journal of Philosophy; Journal of Medical Ethics; Journal of Conscious Studies; Medicine, Health Care & Philosophy; Mind; Sats; Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung |
| since 2004 | Refereeing for research foundations: Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation; Austrian National Genome Research Programme; German Research Association (DFG); German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD);Protestant Academic Foundation Villigst (Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst); Fritz Thyssen-Foundation; Slovenian Research Academy; Swiss National Science Foundation; German National Academic Foundation; Volkswagen-Foundation |
| since 2000 | Membership in Editorial Bords of Scholarly Journals (selected):Ethical Theory and Moral Practice (beginning 2012); Ethik in der Medizin; Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy; Philosophisches Jahrbuch; Verifiche; Zeitschrift für Didaktik der Philosophie und Ethik; Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung |
| since 04/2000 | Co-editor of the series Ethica (Publisher: Mentis) |
| since 1996 | Member of the Academy for Ethics in Medicine |
| 12/2023 - 11/2027 | Vorsitzender des Kuratoriums, Deutscher Studienpreis , Körber Stiftung |
| 08/2023 - 12/2025 | member, Ethics Commitee , City of Dortmund |
| 08/2020 - 07/2023 | deputy member of the Central Ethics Committee for Stem Cell Research (ZES) |
| 2012 - 02/2022 | Co-Editor of Hegel Studien |
| 02/2013 - 08/2019 | Member of the Advisory Board of the Marx-Engels Complete Edition (MEGA) |
| 2014 - 2017 | Member of the Board of the Deutscher Studienpreis (Körber Stiftung) |
| 12/2013 - 11/2017 | Member of the Committee of the Marx-Engels Complete Edition of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Academy of Sciences |
| 02/2017 | Corso di eccecellenza: Corso di Dottorato di Ricera in Filosofia; Università Degli Studi Di Padova, Padua (1.-9.2.2017) |
| 10/2015 - 09/2016 | Stand-in member of the commission for the planning and structuring of Department 8 History/Philosophy |
| 12/2013 - 09/2016 | Councellor for Research Ethics at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
| 02/2013 - 09/2016 | Member of the Research Council, WWU Münster |
| 10/2010 - 09/2016 | Chairman of the President’s Committee for Research Matters, WWU Münster |
| 10/2010 - 09/2015 | Full Member of the Committee for Structure and Budget of the Division 8, History and Philosophy, WWU Münster |
| 01/2012 - 12/2014 | President of the Germany Society of Philosophy |
| 01/2006 - 12/2011 | Executive Secretary of the Germany Society of Philosophy |
| 04/2007 - 09/2009 | Director of the Institute for Ethics in the Life Sciences, University of Cologne |
| 10/2005 - 09/2009 | Co-Director of the Husserl Archive, University of Cologne |
| 04/2005 - 09/2005 | Representative for the Protection of the Quality of Academic Work, University Duisburg-Essen (elected for three years, resigned due to move to the University of Cologne |
| 10/2001 - 09/2003 | Scientific Manager of the Research Unit for Bioethics, WWU Münster |
Appointments | |
| 08/2004 | Offer to a Professorship for Philosophie mit dem Schwerpunkt Angewandte Ethik (C3) , University of Potsdam (rejected) |
Publications
Gutmann, Thomas; Quante, Michael In: Brocker, Manfred; Strömel, Sarah R. (eds.), Das Politische Denken der Gegenwart. Berlin: Suhrkamp Verlag. Research article (book contribution) | accepted / in press (not yet published) | |
Quante, Michael (2025) Paderborn: mentis Verlag. Book (monograph) | Published | |
Quante, Michael (2025) In: Der Blaue Reiter, 55, 29-34. Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Quante, Michael (2025) In: Rózsa, Erzsébet; Moya, Pablo Pulgar; Manchisi, Armando; Meyer, Thomas (eds.), Selbstbestimmung. Studien zu Hegels Theorie der Freiheit, 3-22. Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag. doi:10.30965/9783846768457_002 Research article (book contribution) | Published | |
Quante, Michael; Wiedebusch, Silvia (2025) In: Wellmann, Tom; Neuhaus, Meike; Thein, Christian; Brödner, Alexander (eds.), Jahrbuch für philosophiedidaktische Forschung 2025, 3-26. Heidelberg: J.B. Metzler Verlag. Research article (book contribution) | Published |
Projects
Duration: 26/05/2025 - 25/05/2027 Funded by: Uni Münster-internal funding - Topical Programmes Type of project: Internally at the University of Münster funded project | |
Duration: 01/11/2021 - 31/10/2024 Funded by: MKW - Förderlinie "Profilbildung" Type of project: Participation in other joint projects | |
Duration: 21/10/2020 - 23/10/2020 Funded by: Fritz Thyssen Foundation - Support of Conferences Type of project: Scientific Event | |
Duration: 01/10/2020 - 31/12/2023 Funded by: Uni Münster-internal funding - Topical Programmes Type of project: Internally at the University of Münster funded project | |
Duration: 19/09/2020 - 19/09/2020 Funded by: Sparkasse Münsterland Ost Type of project: Scientific Event |
Talks
| Erziehung zur Mündigkeit. Anspruch und Selbstverständnis der Philosophie Quante, Michael (11/12/2024) Ringvorlesung „Das Bildungsideal der Universität“, Münster Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Die Idee des Fortschritts. Eine philosophische Spurensuche Quante, Michael (09/12/2024) Reihe „Lust auf Zukunft", VHS Coesfeld & Friedensinitiative Nottuln, Nottuln Type of talk: practical talk | |
| Moral rights for future human persons: Conceptual worries and ethical concerns Quante, Michael (08/11/2024) Internationales Seminar der Universidade Federal Do Rio De Janeiro “Ecologia, Conservacao e Bioetica - per zoom, Rio de Janeiro Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Inbetween immoralism and ethical perfectionism: A metaethical analysis of Marx’ practical philosophy Quante, Michael (06/11/2024) Vortrag Heilongjiang University - per zoom, Heilongjiang Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Marx for the 21st Century Quante, Michael (03/11/2024) Vortrag Nanjing University - per zoom, Nanjing Type of talk: scientific talk |
Prizes
| DAB Pro Cooperatione-Medaille 2025 Awarded by: Ungarische Akademie der Wissenschaften Award given to: Quante, Michael Announced at: 01/11/2025 | Date of awarding: 01/11/2025 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Permanent vising professor of the Research Center of Tradition and Innovation of Practical Philosophy and the School of Philosophy at Heilongjiang University 2025 Awarded by: Heilongjiang University Award given to: Quante, Michael Announced at: 31/03/2025 | Date of awarding: 31/03/2025 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Honorare membership of DGPhil (German Philosophical Association) Awarded by: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie (DGPhil) Award given to: Quante, Michael Announced at: 22/09/2024 | Date of awarding: 22/09/2024 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Permanent vising professor Awarded by: Center for Studies of Marxist Social Theory at Nanjing University Award given to: Quante, Michael Announced at: 01/07/2023 | Date of awarding: 01/07/2023 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Professor Honoris Causa Awarded by: Ilia State University, Tbilisi Award given to: Quante, Michael Announced at: 06/03/2023 | Date of awarding: 06/03/2023 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction |
Doctorates
| [Working title] Die praktische Dialektik der Institutionengenese - Die askriptivistische Institutionentheorie von Hegel und Marx Candidate: Chang, Jinxia | Supervisors: Quante, Michael | Reviewers: Quante, Michael Period of time: 16/04/2025 - today Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| [Working title] The Dialectics of Morality in Hegel's Conception of Objective Spirits Candidate: Kung, Hsiao-pei | Supervisors: Quante, Michael | Reviewers: Quante, Michael Period of time: 07/08/2024 - today Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Ethik und Handlungstheorie der Nachhaltigkeit Candidate: Foster, Tobias | Supervisors: Quante, Michael Period of time: 01/10/2023 - today Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| [Working title] "ascriptions" und "reactive attitudes" als Grammatik unserer ethischen Praxen Candidate: Hagemann, Wolfgang | Supervisors: Quante, Michael Period of time: 10/05/2023 - today Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| [Working title] The concept of “ethical institution” in Hegel’s Grundlinien der Philosophie des Recht Candidate: Panteghini, Gabriele | Supervisors: Quante, Michael; Fonnesu, Luca Period of time: 01/11/2022 - today Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Joint doctoral procedure at University of Münster and another institution |