The Political\, Legal\, and Moral Philosophy Research Group (POLEMO) at Central European University kindly invites submissions for its annual conference\, the 7th POLEMO Symposium\, which will take place on \;the 11th and 12th of June 2026 in Vienna\, Austria.
\nThe Symposium provides a professional\, stimulating\, and international environment for PhD students and early career researchers in political\, legal\, and moral philosophy to discuss their works in progress\, establish informal networks\, and initiate future collaborative research.
\nWe are delighted to announce that our keynote speakers for the 2026 Symposium will be:
\nWe welcome early-career researchers in political theory and political philosophy to submit \;abstracts of 700 words or less by email to \;polemo@ceu.edu \;by the deadline of 1st March 2026.
\nAbstracts should be in PDF format and fully prepared for blind review. \;Please include your name\, institutional affiliation\, and contact information in the body of your email. Papers should be suitable for a 20-minute presentation. We will endeavour \;to communicate a decision by the 1st April 2026.
\nThe conference will be held at CEU's campus in Vienna. It is planned as a fully in-person event.
\nAttendance is free of charge and open to anyone upon registration. Please note that POLEMO is unable to provide financial assistance for participants though lunches\, coffee breaks\, and a conference dinner will be covered for participants over the duration of the conference. \;
\nIf you have any questions\, please contact us at \;polemo@ceu.edu. For more information\, please see the details of previous symposia \;here.
ORGANIZER;CN=Matthew Haji-Michael: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260501T134440Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Budapest:20260706T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Budapest:20260710T170000 SUMMARY:Collective Moral and Intellectual Virtues - Summer Course UID:20260505T005200Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Budapest LOCATION:Nádor utca 9.\, Budapest\, Hungary\, 1051 DESCRIPTION:Collectives and other groups have the capacity to do more than any of their individual members could accomplish alone. Groups can achieve great accomplishments and benefits\, but they can also commit evil at scale. Likewise\, through the division of cognitive labor and with the support of technologies of communication and inference\, collectives can learn things that no individual could achieve in a lifetime. However\, collectives can also spread misinformation\, disinformation\, unwarranted conspiracy theories\, and propaganda at hitherto-unimagined speed and scale. \;
\nThis course addresses both the promise and the peril that attend our increasingly connected\, global community. It offers participants the chance to think through the ethical difficulties of existence within contemporary communities\, and consider how to construct those communities in ways that enable us to flourish together as moral\, epistemic\, and political agents. We will begin with an introduction to individual virtue theory (both ethical and epistemic)\, then expand to a consideration of collective virtue theory.
\nPhilosophers have developed accounts not only of the virtues but also detailed accounts of the vices that oppose and undermine them. The fields of both vice ethics and vice epistemology have grown in recent years. Many of these vices only exist in collective contexts because they presuppose various forms of complex sociality. Interdisciplinary scholars have also developed more thorough accounts of not only individual but also collective virtues and vices\, as well as the relationship between individual and collective virtues and vices. The resulting understanding of cognitive technologies and the forms that cognitive conflict can take informs our thinking about what virtue is up against\, and what it consists of. \;
\nThe team of teachers of this course has experience with both theorizing and conducting empirical studies\, using methods from psychology\, cognitive science\, and artificial intelligence.
\nFinancial aid is available. \;
\nApplication deadline: 2026 March 1.
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