Upcoming events in Applied Ethics

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Ongoing 1 Oct 2024

Conference: In Conversation: Exploring the Philosophy of Money and Finance

OnlinePhinance - The Philosophy of Finance Network

Phinance Online Interview Series

Topics: Philosophy of Science, Miscellaneous, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

Ongoing 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

4 May

Talk: Slaves to the algorithms? Algocracy and republican liberty

OnlineFaculty of Arts, Monash University

Monash Social Contract Research Network (SCRN) seminar series

Robert Sparrow (Monash University)

Topics: Applied Ethics

4 May

Talk: Is It Control or Boundary-Setting?

OnlineUniversity of Basel & John Cabot University

The Moral Limits of Shaping Others: Love, Reproduction, and Childrearing

Areti Theofilopoulou (University of Warwick)

Topics: Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

4 May

CFP: MANCEPT Workshop on Intimate (In)Justices

University of Manchester

MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory

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

4 May

CFP: Call for Papers: Philosophical Counselor, Interdisciplinary Journal for Practical Philosophy, Psychotherapy, and the Philosophy of Health

Topics: Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Social Science, Applied Ethics

5 May

CFP: Tolerance and Education: Concepts, Justifications, and Limits (MANCEPT Panel 2026)

University of Manchester - MANCEPT

Topics: Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

6 May

Conference: Neuroethics in Transition: Challenges and Opportunities for Research, Politics, and Society

HybridResearch Hub Neuroethics, Universität Bonn

Topics: Applied Ethics

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: I Congreso Éticas Aplicadas de la Universidad de Málaga

Department of Philosophy, Universidad de Málaga

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

8 May

Conference: Treasuring Old and New in Social Theology: from Rerum novarum to the Present Pontificate

HybridFaculty of Roman Catholic Theology, University of Bucharest

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

8 May

Talk: From the Prompt to the Output: Tripartite AI Mediation in Digital History

HybridInstitute of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, University of Porto

Maria Antónia Dinis (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)

Topics: Philosophy of Computing and Information, Applied Ethics, Meta-Ethics

8 May

CFP: 2026 Policing, Policy, and Philosophy Initiative (3PI) Symposium

Policing, Policy, and Philosophy Initiative

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

10 May

Conference: 21st Annual Bentley Business Ethics Teaching Workshop

Hoffman Center for Business Ethics, Bentley University

Topics: Applied Ethics

11 May

CFP: MANCEPT Workshop on Justice in Climate Litigation

University of Manchester

MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory

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

11 May

Talk: “Equality and the Right to Abortion”

OnlineUniversity of Basel & John Cabot University

The Moral Limits of Shaping Others: Love, Reproduction, and Childrearing

Christie Hartley (Georgia State University)

Ashley Lindsley-Kim (University of British Columbia)

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

15 May

Conference: Self(less)-Care: Ancient and Contemporary Care Ethics from a Labor Perspective

University of Pardubice

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy, History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, Applied Ethics

15 May

Conference: Tackling speciesism and anthropocentrism in higher education

OnlineUniversity of York

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

15 May

CFP: Epistemic Dimensions of Democratic Deliberation in the Digital Age

Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Rijeka

Topics: Epistemology, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

15 May

CFP: New Issues on Law and Philosophy of Affirmative Action

IVR2026 Organizing Committee, International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy

Special workshop at XXXIInd World Congress of the International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR)

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

15 May

CFP: Multilateralism, International Institutions and the Ethics of War

Department of Philosophy, University of Bern

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

18 May

Talk: “Cultivating Frugal Preferences in Children: A Response to the Climate Crisis”

OnlineUniversity of Basel & John Cabot University

The Moral Limits of Shaping Others: Love, Reproduction, and Childrearing

Nanette Ryan (National University of Singapore)

Topics: Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

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: 30th Annual IAEP Conference (Virtual)

OnlineInternational Association for Environmental Philosophy

Topics: Continental Philosophy, Philosophy of the Americas, Applied 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: Book Workshop: The Ethics of Sportswashing (hybrid)

HybridUniversity of Glasgow

Topics: Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

22 May

Conference: Power and Vulnerability: Narratives of Uncertainty in Global Dynamics

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

RELIGION, KNOWLEDGE, SOCIETY

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

22 May

Conference: Philosophy of Journalism

HybridDepartment of Political Science and International Relations, University of Geneva

Topics: Epistemology, Applied 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

28 May

Conference: Licht an im Gehirn. Neuronale Optogenetik als interdizsiplinäre Debatte zwischen Ethik, Recht und Kunst / Light on in the brain. Neuronal optogenetics as an interdisciplinary debate between ethics, law and art

Martin Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg

Topics: Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Applied Ethics

28 May

Conference: Lund Medical Ethics Conference 2026

Unit of Medical Ethics, Lund University

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics

28 May

Conference: Consent, Ethics, and Sexual Education

Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia

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

31 May

CFP: Practical Applications of Kant’s Philosophy

IDEA Centre, University of Leeds

UK Kant Society Annual Conference 2026

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Applied Ethics

31 May

CFP: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Philosophy

Topics: Asian Philosophy, Applied Ethics, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

1 Jun

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

Bled Philosophical Conference

Topics: Applied Ethics, Meta-Ethics, Normative Ethics

1 Jun

Conference: AI and Data Ethics Summer Training Program

Ethics Institute / Philosophy Department, Northeastern University

Topics: General Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Computing and Information, Applied 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: Stanley Cavell at 100. An International Centennial Conference

Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne; Sapienza Università di Roma; Boston University

Topics: Aesthetics, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

4 Jun

Conference: Miss-Stout Ethics Workshop

Center for Applied Ethics, University of Wisconsin, Stout

Topics: Applied Ethics, Meta-Ethics, Normative Ethics

4 Jun

Conference: International Society for Military Ethics

International Society for Military Ethics

International Society for Military Ethics Annual Conference

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

7 Jun

Talk: Wither Paris? Climate Accords in the Age of Trump

Canadian Philosophical Association

Stephen M. Gardiner (University of Washington)

Matthias Fritsch (Concordia University)

David Schmidtz (University of Arizona)

Molly Dea-Stephensen (McGill University)

Allen Habib (University of Calgary)

Topics: Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

11 Jun

Conference: Dialogue in Democratic Education

University of Oulu

Topics: Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, 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: Existential Threats and Other Disasters: Novel (Bio)ethical Solutions for Novel Challenges

https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/content/reid-hall, Columbia University

Existential Threats and Other Disasters: Novel (Bio)ethical Solutions for Novel Challenges

Topics: Epistemology, General Philosophy of Science, Applied Ethics

11 Jun

Conference: Privacy at the margins

Ludwig Maximilians Universität, München

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

12 Jun

Conference: AI and decision-making: tools, hybrids, and collectives

Applied Ethics Chair, RWTH Aachen University

Topics: Philosophy of Computing and Information, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

12 Jun

Conference: Third Annual Toronto Bioethics Workshop

Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto

Topics: Applied Ethics

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

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