Upcoming events in Normative Ethics

Ongoing 25 Sep

Conference: Zicklin Center Workshop in Normative Business Ethics

The Wharton School, Department of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, University of Pennsylvania

Zicklin Center Workshop in Normative Business Ethics

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

Today 28 Sep

Conference: Second Conference of the European Moral Responsibility Consortium (EMRC)

Department of Philosophy (Humanities), University of Salzburg

Topics: Meta-Ethics, Normative Ethics

1 Oct

Conference: Ljubljana Doctoral and Postdoctoral Conference in Political Theory and Philosophy

Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana

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

2 Oct

Talk: The Property Anarchist

HybridDepartment of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario

Philosophical Briefings

Dennis Klimchuk (University of Western Ontario)

Topics: Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

5 Oct

CFP: 36th Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Annual International Conference

The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE)

APPE Annual Conference

Topics: Metaphysics and Epistemology, Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics

12 Oct

Conference: 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

14 Oct

Talk: Redesigning Ethical Thought Experiments: Reassessing the Experimental Challenge to Moral Intuition

OnlineUEA/Manchester/Oxford

XPHI UK Work in progress workshop series

Topics: Metaphilosophy, Normative Ethics

14 Oct

Talk: What people (don't) want to know in the moral domain

OnlineUEA/Manchester/Oxford

XPHI UK Work in progress workshop series

Jordan Wylie (Cornell University)

Charlotte Austin

Topics: Metaphilosophy, Normative Ethics

15 Oct

CFP: Public Affairs Quarterly

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

15 Oct

Talk: The Case for Lottocracy: Democracy Without Elections

Center for Ethical Thinking, Pace University

Third Thursdays Speaker Series

Alex Guerrero (Rutgers - New Brunswick)

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

16 Oct

Conference: 15th Annual Florida State University Free Will, Moral Responsibility, and Agency Conference

The Philosophy Graduate Student Association, Florida State University

Topics: Philosophy of Action, Philosophy of Mind, Normative Ethics

16 Oct

Conference: Workshop on the Ethics of Abortion

HybridUniversity of Florida

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Philosophy of Law

2 Nov

Conference: 3rd International Workshop on Formal Ethical Agents and Robots (FEAR 2026)

HybridDepartment of Computer Science, University of Manchester

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

4 Nov

Conference: The 3nd Conference Ethics and AI Towards a New Ethos of AI

Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw University of Technology

Conference Ethics and AI

Topics: Applied Ethics, Meta-Ethics, Normative Ethics

4 Nov

CFP: The 3nd Conference Ethics and AI Towards a New Ethos of AI

Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw University of Technology

Conference Ethics and AI

Topics: Applied Ethics, Meta-Ethics, Normative Ethics

5 Nov

Conference: Security-Relevant Research in Academia - Debates, Definitions, and Best-Practices

ARRTI, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

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

11 Nov

Talk: Moral Encroachment and Doxastic Wronging: An Experimental Investigation

OnlineUEA/Manchester/Oxford

XPHI UK Work in progress workshop series

Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen

Kevin Reuter (University of Gothenburg)

Somogy Varga (Aarhus University)

Topics: Epistemology, Metaphilosophy, Normative Ethics

12 Nov

Conference: Reappraising nostalgia: The times and places of mindful yearning An international colloquium

University of Macerata Italy

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

12 Nov

Conference: Praise and Praiseworthiness Workshop, CFA

Aarhus University

Topics: Philosophy of Action, Meta-Ethics, Normative Ethics

12 Nov

CFP: Reappraising nostalgia: The times and places of mindful yearning An international colloquium

University of Macerata Italy

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

13 Nov

Conference: 8th CNY Moral Psychology Workshop

Le Moyne College

CNY Moral Psychology Workshop

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

15 Nov

CFP: Moral Education in Modern Schooling Systems

Research Center for Islamic Legislation & Ethics (CILE), Hamad Bin Khalifa University

CILE Research Seminars

Topics: Applied Ethics, Meta-Ethics, Normative Ethics

15 Nov

CFP: 5th Annual Penn-Georgetown Digital Ethics Workshop

Georgetown University

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

19 Nov

Conference: Normative Reasons and Morality

Department of Philosophy, Goethe University of Frankfurt

Topics: Epistemology, Meta-Ethics, Normative Ethics

19 Nov

Talk: The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts

Center for Ethical Thinking, Pace University

Third Thursdays Speaker Series

Matthew Lindauer (Brooklyn College (CUNY))

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

20 Nov

Conference: Philosophy of Animal Welfare

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

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

27 Nov

Conference: Cairo International Workshop

British university in Egypt

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

6 Dec

CFP: 2027 Ethics at Notre Dame symposium: Ethics Beyond Action

Institute for Ethics and the Common Good, University of Notre Dame

Ethics at Notre Dame symposium

Topics: Normative Ethics

9 Dec

Conference: 2nd Annual PPEL in the Global South Conference

University of Los Andes

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

4 Jan 2027

CFP: Feminist Accountability and Transformative Justice - Special Issue of Feminist Philosophy Quarterly

Topics: Normative Ethics, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

31 Jan 2027

CFP: Workshop on “Moral Relations, Obligations, and Responsibility”

Zhejiang University

Topics: Normative Ethics

12 Feb 2027

Conference: Biophilia: The Ethics, Politics, and Aesthetics of Love for the Living World

Department of Philosophy, Mississippi State University

The Mississippi Philosophical Association Annual Conference 2027

Topics: Aesthetics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

17 Feb 2027

Conference: Artificial Companionship as Communication Infrastructure

Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences

Jahrestagung Netzwerk Medienethik

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

18 Feb 2027

Conference: Relational Normativity: Epistemic and Practical

Department of Philosophy, Universität Zürich (UZH), Philosophisches Seminar

Topics: Epistemology, Meta-Ethics, Normative Ethics

4 Mar 2027

Conference: 36th Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Annual International Conference

The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE)

APPE Annual Conference

Topics: Metaphysics and Epistemology, Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics

6 Mar 2027

Conference: AI and the Humanities: An Interdisciplinary Conference

University of Tennessee Southern

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

1 Apr 2027

CFP: 2nd Annual PPEL in the Global South Conference

University of Los Andes

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

9 Apr 2027

Conference: 5th Annual Penn-Georgetown Digital Ethics Workshop

Georgetown University

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

17 Apr 2027

Conference: Workshop on “Moral Relations, Obligations, and Responsibility”

Zhejiang University

Topics: Normative Ethics

20 Apr 2027

Conference: Moral Education in Modern Schooling Systems

Research Center for Islamic Legislation & Ethics (CILE), Hamad Bin Khalifa University

CILE Research Seminars

Topics: Applied Ethics, Meta-Ethics, Normative Ethics

30 Apr 2027

Conference: 2027 Ethics at Notre Dame symposium: Ethics Beyond Action

Institute for Ethics and the Common Good, University of Notre Dame

Ethics at Notre Dame symposium

Topics: Normative Ethics

16 May 2027

Conference: The 2027 Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association

HybridUniversity of Houston

American Comparative Literature Association Seminar

Topics: Philosophy of Action, Normative Ethics, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

16 May 2027

Conference: The 2027 Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association

HybridUniversity of Houston

American Comparative Literature Association Seminar

Topics: Philosophy of Action, Normative Ethics, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

28 Jun 2027

Conference: ‘The Ethics of Empty Beliefs: Conversations with Buddhist Philosophy’

Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia, Austrian Academy of Sciences

Topics: Epistemology, Asian Philosophy, Normative Ethics

28 Jun 2027

Conference: The Ethics of Empty Beliefs: Conversations with Buddhist Philosophy

Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia, Austrian Academy of Sciences

Topics: Epistemology, Asian Philosophy, Normative Ethics

29 Jun 2027

Conference: 18th International Conference on Deontic Logic and Normative Systems

Department of Philosophy, Zhejiang University

Topics: Logic and Philosophy of Logic, Normative Ethics, Philosophy of Law

23 Jul 2027

Conference: Philosophical Threads in the Work of Marcia Muelder Eaton

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Aesthetics, Normative Ethics

23 Jul 2027

CFP: Philosophical Threads in the Work of Marcia Muelder Eaton

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Aesthetics, Normative Ethics

31 Jul 2027

CFP: Special Issue of Philosophical Studies on Partial Aggregation

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