Dr. Lieuwe Zijlstra

PhD (RUG), PhD (Ghent), Research Master Sociology, Research Master Philosophy, Bachelor Sociology, Bachelor Philosophy.

My research is very interdisciplinary and I attempt to contribute both to the social sciences, to philosophy, and I have always been working hard to bridge different disciplines. Most of my research is in experimental philosophy, which is a field of research in which the research methodology typical to philosophy is combined with the research methodology typical to the social sciences. Current experimentation and research papers are about the psychological mechanisms involved in moral decision making, the objectivity of ethical statements, the psychology behind the idea of moral progress and knowledge, and perceptions of personal identity.

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2023

Zijlstra, L. (2023). The Psychology of Metaethics: Evidence For and Against Folk Moral Objectivism. In H. Viciana, A. Gaitán, & F. Aguiar (Eds.), Experiments in Moral and Political Philosophy (1st ed., pp. 83-103). Taylor & Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003301424-6

2022

Pölzler, T., Zijlstra, L., & Dijkstra, J. (2024). Moral progress, knowledge and error: Do people believe in moral objectivity. Philosophical Psychology, 37(8), 2073-2109. https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2022.2119951

2021

Zijlstra, L. (2023). Are People Implicitly Moral Objectivists? Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 14(1), 229–247 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s13164-021-00593-y

2019

Zijlstra, L. (2019). Folk moral objectivism. [Thesis fully internal (DIV), University of Groningen]. University of Groningen. https://doi.org/10.33612/diss.109876462

Zijlstra, L. (2019). Folk moral objectivism and its measurement. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 84, Article 103807. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2019.04.005

2014

Quintelier, K. J. P., & Zijlstra, L. (2014). How (not) to argue about is/ought inferences in the cognitive sciences. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, Article 503. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00503

2013

Dijkstra, J., Lindenberg, S., Zijlstra, L., Bouma, E., & Veenstra, R. (2013). The secret ingredient for social success of young males: A functional polymorphism in the 5HT2A serotonin receptor gene. PLoS ONE, 8(2), Article e54821. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054821

Dijkstra, J., Lindenberg, S., Zijlstra, L., Bouma, E., & Veenstra, R. (2013). The Secret Ingredient for Social Success of Young Males: A Gene-Environment Study on the 5HT2A Serotonin Receptor Gene, Popularity, and Aggression. Poster session presented at Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Seattle, United States.

2011

Zijlstra, L., Zwitter, A. J., & Heyse, L. (2011). International Humanitarian Assistance: Legitimate intervention or illegitimate interference? In L. Svedin (Ed.), Ethics and Crisis Management (pp. 57-74). Information Age Publishing.

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27 May 2024 4.07 p.m.