Upcoming events in Normative Ethics

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Ongoing 2 Sep 2025

Conference: The Value of Consciousness

OnlineRice University

Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Aesthetics, Normative Ethics

Ongoing 16 Apr

Conference: Confronting the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

University of Scranton

Topics: Philosophy of Computing and Information, Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics

Today 17 Apr

Conference: 1st UChicago WAMIP Philosophy Graduate Conference: Practical Philosophy & Philosophy’s Practicalities

The Department of Philosophy , University of Chicago

Topics: Meta-Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

22 Apr

Talk: RTAIM 27 | "Ethical Dimensions of AI Health Monitoring as a Gendered Practice" | ANITA HO (British Columbia Uni.)

OnlineInstitute of Philosophy - University of Porto

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

23 Apr

Talk: Free Will Skepticism, the Justification of Punishment, and the Strong and Weak Innocence Intuitions

HybridMind, Language and Action Group (MLAG), Institute of Philosophy - University of Porto

MLAG Seminars Series 2025-2026

Topics: Philosophy of Action, Normative Ethics

27 Apr

Conference: Global Theory Forum Spring Symposium

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

30 Apr

CFP: Caring for Non-Humans: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Care among Animals, the Environment, and AI

Czech Academy of Sciences

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

30 Apr

CFP: Australasian Philosophical Review Special Issue on Ancient ethics

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy, Normative Ethics

1 May

CFP: MANCEPT Workshop 2026 - Just Profit

University of Manchester

MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory

Topics: Philosophy of Social Science, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

1 May

CFP: Special Issue on "Pacifism and World Peace" for Dialogue and Universalism

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

1 May

Conference: Violence, Resistance, and Decoloniality: Rage Against the Machine

Department of Philosophy, Philosophy Graduate Student Group

University of Alberta Philosophy Graduate Conference

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

1 May

CFP: The Philosopher

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

3 May

CFP: 16TH BRAGA SUMMER SCHOOL: WORKPLACE DEMOCRACY AND THE FUTURE OF WORK

Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society, University of Minho

Braga Summer Schools in Political Philosophy & Public Policy

Topics: Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

6 May

Conference: Designing and Developing Ethically Aligned Military AI Technology

Section for Ethics and Philosophy of Technology, Delft University of Technology

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics

7 May

Conference: York University Graduate Philosophy Conference: Trust, Distrust, and Technology

Department of Philosophy, York University

Topics: Epistemology, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

8 May

Talk: “Moral Imagination for Moral Education”

Humanities Division, New College of Florida

Wojciech Kaftanski (Harvard University)

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Action, Normative Ethics

15 May

Conference: The Neuchâtel Action Conference 2026 : Action and Moral Luck

Université de Neuchâtel

Neuchâtel Action Conferences Olle Blomberg, David Hunter, Alexander Kaiserman, Matthias Rolf, Izabela Skoczen

Topics: Philosophy of Action, Normative Ethics

18 May

CFP: MANCEPT Workshop - Speciesism, Power and Human Prejudice

Manchester Centre for Political Theory, The University of Manchester

MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

20 May

Conference: Risk and Uncertainty in Ethics

University of Leeds

Topics: Applied Ethics, Meta-Ethics, Normative Ethics

21 May

Conference: Business Ethics in the 6ix

Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

21 May

Conference: MANCEPT's Brave New World 2026

MANCEPT, University of Manchester

Topics: Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

22 May

Conference: 2026 KCL Political Theory Conference

Department of Political Economy, King's College London

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

24 May

Conference: Sacralization of Politics and Secularization of Religion. Old Narratives in New Paradigms

Faculty of Theology, “Ovidius” University of Constanța (Romania)

RELIGION, KNOWLEDGE, SOCIETY

Topics: Philosophy of Religion, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

27 May

Conference: 3rd Annual Philosophy & Legal Theory Collaborative Summer Workshop at UC Berkeley

Jurisprudence and Social Policy, UC Berkeley

Philosophy & Legal Theory Collaborative Summer Workshop

Topics: Normative Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy

28 May

Conference: Workshop on Meaning, LLMs, and Experience

Department of Philosophy, Paderborn University

Topics: Philosophy of Language, European Philosophy, Normative Ethics

28 May

Conference: Lund Medical Ethics Conference 2026

Unit of Medical Ethics, Lund University

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics

31 May

CFP: Arkete: War: Ethics, Neurobiology and Philosophy

Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Normative Ethics

1 Jun

Conference: Bled Philosophical Conference 2026: Ethical Issues, Theoretical and Applied

Bled Philosophical Conference

Topics: Applied Ethics, Meta-Ethics, Normative Ethics

1 Jun

CFP: Philosophy of Animal Welfare

Center for Law, Economics, and Public Policy, Duke Law School

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

1 Jun

CFP: Using AI tools to support ethical inquiry—Can it be done? If so, how, and what are the risks and potential benefits?

Topics: Applied Ethics, Meta-Ethics, Normative Ethics

4 Jun

Conference: Miss-Stout Ethics Workshop

Center for Applied Ethics, University of Wisconsin, Stout

Topics: Applied Ethics, Meta-Ethics, Normative Ethics

10 Jun

CFP: 'Sex between Law and Morality' IVR Special Workshop

Kadir Has Üniversitesi

Topics: Normative Ethics, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Philosophy of Law

11 Jun

Conference: POLEMO – GOODINT Symposium: Justice, Integration & Democracy

Doctoral School of Political Science, Public Policy and International Relations, Central European University

Polemo symposium

Topics: Normative Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy

11 Jun

Workshop: Autonomy & Algorithms (11-12 June 2026, Karlsruhe)

Institute of Philosophy, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Topics: Epistemology, Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics

11 Jun

Conference: Privacy at the margins

Ludwig Maximilians Universität, München

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

11 Jun

Conference: Legal Philosophy Workshop 2026

Legal Philosophy Workshop

Topics: Normative Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy

12 Jun

Conference: Ethical Theory and Obligatory Ends

Philosophy Department, Bielefeld University

Topics: Meta-Ethics, Normative Ethics, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

12 Jun

CFP: Social Ties in Animal Politics: Mutuality Beyond Humanity

School of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations, University of Sheffield

Animal Politics

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

15 Jun

Conference: From Virtual to Virtue: Ethics, Epistemology, Education

Centre for Human-Centred Artificial Intelligence and the Ethics of New Technologies, University of Ljubljana

Topics: Epistemology, Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics

17 Jun

Conference: Climate Emotions and Environmental Activism

University College Dublin

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

22 Jun

Conference: OZSW PhD Summer School on Ethics and Economics: Ethics of Taxes, Climate Change and Labor Markets

Department of Philosophy, Tilburg University

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

22 Jun

Summer Seminar: Patience in Adversity Summer Seminar

University of Notre Dame

The Patience in Adversity Project

Topics: Meta-Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

24 Jun

Conference: Digital Humanism Conference 2026

Association of Digital Humanism

Topics: Philosophy of Computing and Information, Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics

28 Jun

Conference: 'Sex between Law and Morality' IVR Special Workshop

Kadir Has Üniversitesi

Topics: Normative Ethics, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Philosophy of Law

1 Jul

Conference: WoW 2026 – Sixth International Workshop on Welfare and Ethics

Saarland University

Topics: Meta-Ethics, Normative Ethics, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

2 Jul

Conference: 16TH BRAGA SUMMER SCHOOL: WORKPLACE DEMOCRACY AND THE FUTURE OF WORK

Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society, University of Minho

Braga Summer Schools in Political Philosophy & Public Policy

Topics: Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

3 Jul

Conference: New Technologies and the Future of War and Peace

Oxford University

Challenging War

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

13 Jul

Conference: Formal Ethics 2026

Philosophy Department, The State University of New York at Buffalo

Topics: Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

14 Jul

Conference: ISBEE WORLD CONGRESS 2026 - RETHINKING BUSINESS ETHICS FROM THE GLOBAL SOUTH: LOCAL INSIGHTS, GLOBAL IMPACT

Ethics and Public Policy Laboratory, Catholic University of Central Africa

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

20 Jul

Conference: Frankfurt Ethics Summer School: Contractualism and Claims of Recognition

Department of Philosophy, Goethe University of Frankfurt

Frankfurt Ethics Summer School

Topics: Normative Ethics

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