After having finished grammar school, in 1982 he was awarded a B.L. degree by the Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb, and in 1983 a B.A. degree by the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Zagreb, where he studied philosophy and German language and literature. He gained an M.A. degree in 1985 from the University of Zagreb (thesis – Hegel’s Practical Philosophy), and a Ph.D. degree in 1989 from the University in Augsburg (dissertation – Welt und Ethos).
He has been working for the Institute of Philosophy since 1986. He was appointed the director of the Institute from 1991 to 2001. He has been the project leader of Practical Philosophy and Aesthetics in Croatia since 2002.
He lectures History of Philosophy at the University of Zadar, and History of Philosophy, Ontology and Issues in Contemporary Philosophy at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Zagreb.
He is the editor-in-chief of Filozofska istraživanja and Synthesis Philosophica, and an editor of the Filozofska istraživanja library.
He published three books: Dijalektika običanosti (The Dialectics of Social Morality, 1988), Welt und Ethos (1992), and Filozofija prava Ante Starčevića (The Philosophy of Law of Ante Starčević, 1996). He is the co-author and editor of numerous books, the author of an extensive number of scientific papers published in both national and foreign international journals and publications, and reviews.
He participated in a number of international conferences and symposia, and was invited to give lectures in Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Korea and Japan. He was a visiting professor and researcher in Germany (1987-1989 DAAD, and 1997-1998 Humboldt) and Japan (2002-2003).
He has been the president of the Croatian Pan-European Union since 2003.
In 2004 he was appointed a deputy minister to the Minister of Science, Education and Sports.