The Third &ldquo\;Frontiers in Ethics and Political Philosophy&rdquo\; Workshop
\nTheme: Equal Relations and Social Justice
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\nZhejiang University: October 17-18 (Sat-Sun)\, 2026
\nSubmission Deadline: August 10 (Mon)\, 2026
\nWe are pleased to announce the Third &ldquo\;Frontiers in Ethics and Political Philosophy&rdquo\; Workshop\, which will take place at Zhejiang University on October 17-18\, 2026. This workshop aims to bring together scholars to explore and discuss issues related to equal relations and social justice\, broadly conceived.
\nWorkshop Theme: \;Equal Relations and Social Justice
\nRecent developments in ethics and political philosophy have increasingly emphasized the relational dimensions of justice\, arguing that a just society requires not only fair distributions of resources and opportunities but also social relations characterized by equality\, mutual respect\, and freedom from domination. We intend for this workshop to have a broad remit within this topic. Submissions may engage with the work of influential thinkers in these debates\, including Elizabeth Anderson\, Iris Marion Young\, David Miller\, Thomas Scanlon\, Samuel Scheffler\, and others.
\nTopics of Interest
\nWe invite submissions addressing any aspect of equal relations and social justice\, including but not limited to:
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nInterested authors are invited to submit extended abstracts (500-1000 words) for blind review. Abstracts should be submitted to frontiersworkshop@foxmail.com by August 10\, 2026. We welcome submissions from scholars at all career stages.
\nLanguages: English\, Chinese.
\nThere will be 6-8 refereed talks (30 minutes each). Please also indicate whether you would like to be considered as a commentator.
\nParticipants are responsible for their own transportation expenses. Accommodation and meals will be covered by the organizers.
\nImportant Dates
\nContact Information
\nFor inquiries\, please contact Xuanpu Zhuang at xuanpuzhuang@zju.edu.cn \;or Jiangmei Liu at jl319@zju.edu.cn.
ORGANIZER;CN=Xuanpu Zhuang;CN=Jiangmei Liu: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T050158Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20261114T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20261115T170000 SUMMARY:Asian Epistemology Network Meeting 2026 UID:20261016T155629Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Asia/Shanghai LOCATION:Yuhangtang Road 866\, Hangzhou\, China DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce the inaugural meeting of the Asian Epistemology Network\, to be held on November 14&ndash\;15\, 2026\, at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou\, China. This meeting aims to bring together epistemologists working in and with the Asian region to foster collaboration\, exchange ideas\, and advance research in all areas of epistemology.
\nKeynote Speakers
\nTimothy Williamson (University of Oxford)
\nLei Zhong (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
\nJennifer Nado (University of Hong Kong)
\nSimon Goldstein (University of Hong Kong)
\nConfirmed Speakers
\nNikolaj Pedersen (Yonsei University)
\nJing Zhu (Xiamen University)
\nBo Chen (Wuhan University)
\nRu Ye (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
\nWeng Hong Tang (National University of Singapore)
\nMasashi Kasaki (Nagoya University)
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nWe invite submissions of abstracts in English\, prepared for blind review. Abstracts of 400-500 words should be sent to submission@asianepistemology.com \;\, by June 30\, 2026.
Contact
\nFor any inquiries\, please contact: submission@asianepistemology.com \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Jie Gao;CN=Davide Fassio;CN=Nikolaj Jang Lee Linding Pedersen;CN=Masashi Kasaki;CN=Weng Hong Tang: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T050158Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20270131T010000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20270131T010000 SUMMARY:Workshop on “Moral Relations\, Obligations\, and Responsibility” UID:20261016T155630Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Asia/Shanghai LOCATION:Hangzhou\, China DESCRIPTION:Venue:
\nSchool of Philosophy\, Zhejiang University\, Hangzhou\, China
\nApril 17-18\, 2027
\nThe School of Philosophy at Zhejiang University is happy to invite submissions for the Workshop on &ldquo\;Moral Relations\, Obligations\, and Responsibility&rdquo\;\, to be held on April 17-18\, 2027.
\nContemporary moral philosophy has increasingly emphasized the relational dimension of moral life. Many of the moral obligations we have require not only that we do the right thing\, but that we do right toward particular people. Correspondingly\, a person&rsquo\;s violation of an obligation often means not only that they have done something wrong\, but that they have wronged someone. This relational structure has important implications for our understanding of moral obligations\, rights\, claims\, responsibility\, blame\, forgiveness\, and moral repair.
\nThis in-person workshop aims to explore further the relational nature of morality. We invite submissions from scholars in China and abroad on topics including\, but are not limited to:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Moral obligations\, claims\, and wrongdoing
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Moral responsibility and blame
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Moral relations and second-personal perspective
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Apology\, forgiveness\, and moral repair
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; The scope and limits of moral relations
\nThe workshop will also feature a book symposium on R. Jay Wallace&rsquo\;s The Moral Nexus (2019). Participation in the book symposium will be primarily by invitation. Submissions that are particularly well suited to the symposium format may also be invited for inclusion in this session.
\nConfirmed key-note speaker:
\nR. Jay Wallace\, Professor of Philosophy\, University of California\, Berkeley
\nSubmissions should be an anonymous abstract of 750-1\,000 words in English. Authors whose submissions are accepted will have 30 minutes for presentation and 20 minutes for discussion. Please submit the abstract together with a separate document containing the author&rsquo\;s name\, institutional affiliation\, academic position\, and contact information to emotionworkshopzju@gmail.com \;by January 31\, 2027. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by February 21\, 2027. The working language of the workshop will be English.
\nIf you have any questions about the workshop\, please contact AN Dong at zzzantonia@zju.edu.cn. \;
\nImportant dates: \;
\nSubmission deadline: January 31\, 2027 \;
\nDecision of acceptance: February 21\, 2027 \;
\nWorkshop: April 17-18\, 2027 \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T050158Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20270417T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20270418T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop on “Moral Relations\, Obligations\, and Responsibility” UID:20261016T155631Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Asia/Shanghai LOCATION:Hangzhou\, China DESCRIPTION:Venue:
\nSchool of Philosophy\, Zhejiang University\, Hangzhou\, China
\nApril 17-18\, 2027
\nThe School of Philosophy at Zhejiang University is happy to invite submissions for the Workshop on &ldquo\;Moral Relations\, Obligations\, and Responsibility&rdquo\;\, to be held on April 17-18\, 2027.
\nContemporary moral philosophy has increasingly emphasized the relational dimension of moral life. Many of the moral obligations we have require not only that we do the right thing\, but that we do right toward particular people. Correspondingly\, a person&rsquo\;s violation of an obligation often means not only that they have done something wrong\, but that they have wronged someone. This relational structure has important implications for our understanding of moral obligations\, rights\, claims\, responsibility\, blame\, forgiveness\, and moral repair.
\nThis in-person workshop aims to explore further the relational nature of morality. We invite submissions from scholars in China and abroad on topics including\, but are not limited to:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Moral obligations\, claims\, and wrongdoing
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Moral responsibility and blame
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Moral relations and second-personal perspective
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Apology\, forgiveness\, and moral repair
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; The scope and limits of moral relations
\nThe workshop will also feature a book symposium on R. Jay Wallace&rsquo\;s The Moral Nexus (2019). Participation in the book symposium will be primarily by invitation. Submissions that are particularly well suited to the symposium format may also be invited for inclusion in this session.
\nConfirmed key-note speaker:
\nR. Jay Wallace\, Professor of Philosophy\, University of California\, Berkeley
\nIf you have any questions about the workshop\, please contact AN Dong at zzzantonia@zju.edu.cn. \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T050158Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20270629T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20270701T170000 SUMMARY:18th International Conference on Deontic Logic and Normative Systems UID:20261016T155632Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Asia/Shanghai LOCATION:Hangzhou\, China DESCRIPTION:Dear colleagues\,
\nWe are pleased to announce that DEON 2027\, the 18th International Conference on Deontic Logic and Normative Systems\, will be held at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou\, China\, from 29 June to 1 July 2027 &mdash\; the first edition of the series to be held in Asia since its founding in 1991. The conference is hosted by the School of Philosophy of Zhejiang University and the Zhejiang University&ndash\;University of Luxembourg Joint Lab on Advanced Intelligent Systems and Reasoning (ZLAIRE).
\nThe biennial DEON conference series brings together researchers interested in the formal study of normative concepts\, normative reasoning\, and normative systems\, using methods from computer science\, artificial intelligence\, philosophy\, linguistics\, mathematics\, and law. Topics include deontic logic\, normative reasoning\, legal reasoning\, normative multi-agent systems\, explainability\, and trustworthy systems (full list on the website).
\nThe general theme of this edition is Normativity under Uncertainty. Normative systems are inescapably confronted with uncertainty: agents must frequently deliberate about what ought to be done on the basis of information that is incomplete\, imprecise\, or conflicting &mdash\; about the facts of the case\, the norms in force\, the consequences of action\, or the reliability of one's sources. This edition investigates how central normative concepts\, among them obligation\, permission\, responsibility\, and blame\, can be rigorously formalized\, interpreted\, and applied once the classical idealizations of certainty\, consistency\, and full information are lifted.
\n\nKey dates (all Anywhere on Earth):
\nAbstract submission deadline: 5 March 2027
\nPaper submission deadline: 12 March 2027
\nNotification of acceptance: 6 May 2027
\nConference: 29 June &ndash\; 1 July 2027
\n\nThe conference will invite submissions of original and unpublished work (max. 15 pages\, excluding references and technical appendix)\; reviewing will be double-blind. The proceedings will be published by College Publications as an open-access book. The full call for papers\, including templates and the EasyChair submission link\, will be released in November 2026.
\n\nProgramme committee co-chairs:
\nHuimin Dong (TU Wien\, Austria)
\nBeishui Liao (Zhejiang University\, China)
\nRé\;ka Markovich (University of Luxembourg\, Luxembourg)
\n\nWebsite: https://www.zlaire.net/deon2027/
\nContact: zhengzhoulogic@zju.edu.cn
\n\nPlease save the date\, and feel free to forward this announcement to interested colleagues and students.
\n\nBest regards\,
\nThe DEON 2027 Programme Committee Co-Chairs
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