Upcoming events in Normative Ethics

Ongoing 2 Sep

Conference: The Value of Consciousness

OnlineRice University

Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Aesthetics, Normative Ethics

Ongoing 19 Sep

Conference: Zicklin Center Workshop in Normative Business Ethics

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

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

20 Dec

CFP: 2026 Columbia University Graduate Conference in Political Theory

Department of Political Science, Columbia University

Democracy in Crisis: Backsliding, Resistance, and Reform

Topics: Philosophical Traditions, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

31 Dec

CFA: Workshop on Meaning, LLMs, and Experience

Department of Philosophy, Paderborn University

Topics: Philosophy of Language, European Philosophy, Normative Ethics

31 Dec

CFP: Social Philosophy Today

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

9 Jan 2026

CFP: Christian Ethics and Peacebuilding in the Age of AI & Autonomous Weapons Systems

The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice, Queen's University, Belfast

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

9 Jan 2026

CFP: Environment, Science, and Society

Department of Philosophy, Michigan State University

15th Annual Michigan State University Department of Philosophy Graduate Student Conference

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

9 Jan 2026

CFP: Legal Philosophy Workshop 2026

Legal Philosophy Workshop

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

10 Jan 2026

CFP: AI and Data Ethics: Philosophy and Pedagogy

Department of Philosophy, University of Southern California

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

11 Jan 2026

CFP: Technology and Well Being

The Prindle Institute for Ethics

The Midwest Ethics Symposium

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

22 Jan 2026

Conference: The Sustainable Corporation: How to Secure Value in a Competitive World

Faculty of Philosophy, University of Groningen

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

30 Jan 2026

CFP: Formal Ethics 2026

Philosophy Department, The State University of New York at Buffalo

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

30 Jan 2026

CFP: 6th Annual NYU Philosophical Bioethics Workshop

Center for Bioethics, New York University

NYU Philosophical Bioethics Workshop

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

31 Jan 2026

CFP: Ethics Medicine Innovation (EMI)

Baylor College of Medicine

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics

1 Feb 2026

CFP: Designing and Developing Ethically Aligned Military AI Technology

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

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics

2 Feb 2026

Conference: Ethics for AI: Challenges, Opportunities, and Human-Centered Perspectives

Sapienza Università di Roma

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

2 Feb 2026

CFP: Lund Medical Ethics Conference

Unit of Medical Ethics, Lund University

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics

3 Feb 2026

CFP: 2026 KCL Political Theory Conference

Department of Political Economy, King's College London

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

6 Feb 2026

Conference: The Ethics of Business, Trade, and Global Governance Conference

Center for Ethics in Society, Saint Anselm College

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

13 Feb 2026

Conference: Slippery Slope Normativity Summit 2026

Philosophy Research Group, University of Inland Norway

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

19 Feb 2026

Conference: Under what circumstances should Voluntary Assisted Dying be permitted?

Charles Sturt University

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics

20 Feb 2026

CFP: Educating Character Initiative 2026 RFP for Grants

Topics: Normative Ethics

26 Feb 2026

Conference: Ethical and Social Perspectives on New Military Technologies

Royal Military Academy of Belgium

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

1 Mar 2026

CFP: Special Issue of Teaching Philosophy: Eighty Years of Existentialist Ethics: Simone de Beauvoir’s Ethics of Ambiguity

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, Normative Ethics

3 Mar 2026

Conference: Christian Ethics and Peacebuilding in the Age of AI & Autonomous Weapons Systems

The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice, Queen's University, Belfast

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

5 Mar 2026

Conference: Workshop on Friendship, and Friendship with the Morally Bad

OnlineDepartment of Philosophy, The University of Salzburg

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

6 Mar 2026

Conference: AI and Data Ethics: Philosophy and Pedagogy

USC Institute for Ethics and Trust in Computing, University of Southern California

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

15 Mar 2026

CFP: Business Ethics in the 6ix

Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University

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

24 Mar 2026

Conference: Workshop on Deterrence and Deontology

Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace, Stockholm University

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

26 Mar 2026

Conference: Devotion, Existential Commitment, and Ethics

Philosophy, Boston University

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

27 Mar 2026

Conference: Environment, Science, and Society

Department of Philosophy, Michigan State University

15th Annual Michigan State University Department of Philosophy Graduate Student Conference

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

1 Apr 2026

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

Saarland University

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

3 Apr 2026

Conference: Peace in the Age of Forever Wars

Center for the Study of Force and Diplomacy (CENFAD), Temple University

Challenging War

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

7 Apr 2026

Conference: Technology and Well Being

The Prindle Institute for Ethics

The Midwest Ethics Symposium

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

16 Apr 2026

Conference: Ethics Medicine Innovation (EMI)

Baylor College of Medicine

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics

16 Apr 2026

Conference: Confronting the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

University of Scranton

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

1 May 2026

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

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

6 May 2026

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

8 May 2026

Conference: 6th Annual NYU Philosophical Bioethics Workshop

Center for Bioethics, New York University

NYU Philosophical Bioethics Workshop

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

21 May 2026

Conference: Business Ethics in the 6ix

Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University

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

22 May 2026

Conference: 2026 KCL Political Theory Conference

Department of Political Economy, King's College London

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

28 May 2026

Conference: Workshop on Meaning, LLMs, and Experience

Department of Philosophy, Paderborn University

Topics: Philosophy of Language, European Philosophy, Normative Ethics

28 May 2026

Conference: Lund Medical Ethics Conference

Unit of Medical Ethics, Lund University

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics

1 Jun 2026

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

11 Jun 2026

Conference: Legal Philosophy Workshop 2026

Legal Philosophy Workshop

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

22 Jun 2026

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

1 Jul 2026

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

Saarland University

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

13 Jul 2026

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 2026

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