Upcoming events in Applied Ethics

22 May

Conference: Reconceiving Business Corporations in Times of Political Contestation

Ethics Institute, Utrecht University

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

22 May

Conference: Complicity - Conceptual, Ethical and Legal Issues

Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague

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

22 May

Conference: Philosophy & Legal Theory stream at the Law & Society Association

LSA CRN 17, Philosophy & Legal Theory Collaborative

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

23 May

Conference: Workshop on Degradation and Dehumanization

Ethics Institute, Utrecht University

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

23 May

Conference: Toronto Bioethics Workshop

Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto

Topics: Applied Ethics

24 May

CFP: International Conference on Ethics and Civilization

The Moral Development Institute, Philosophy Department, Southeast University

Topics: Applied Ethics, Meta-Ethics, Normative Ethics

24 May

Conference: International Conference on Ethics and Civilization

The Moral Development Institute, Philosophy Department, Southeast University

Topics: Applied Ethics, Meta-Ethics, Normative Ethics

26 May

Conference: Digital Humanism Conference 2025

Association of Digital Humanism

Topics: Philosophy of Computing and Information, Applied Ethics

26 May

Conference: Large-Scale Risks of AI: Control, Governance, and Ethics

Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven, Belgium

Topics: Philosophy of Computing and Information, Applied Ethics

26 May

Conference: Stout-Miss Bioethics Workshop

University of Wisconsin, Stout, Center for Applied Ethics

Topics: Applied Ethics

30 May

Conference: Book Workshop: 'No Justice No Peace: The Ethics of Violent Protests' by Avia Pasternak

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics

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

30 May

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

OnlineRock Ethics Institute, The Pennsylvania State University

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

1 Jun

CFP: Ethical Perspectives on War, Peace, and Nonviolence

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

1 Jun

Conference: Bentley Business Ethics Teaching Workshop

Hoffman Center for Business Ethics, Bentley University

Topics: Applied Ethics

2 Jun

Conference: AI + Data Ethics Summer Training Program

Ethics Institute, Northeastern University

Topics: Philosophy of Computing and Information, Applied Ethics, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

4 Jun

Conference: Animal Liberation, 1975-2025 and beyond

Université Rennes 2

Topics: Applied Ethics

8 Jun

Conference: International Society for Environmental Ethics (ISEE) Annual Summer Meeting

Department of Philosophy, University of Montana

Topics: Aesthetics, Applied Ethics, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

11 Jun

Conference: War and Morality: Philosophical and Historical Perspectives

Ludovika University of Public Service; Jewish Theological Seminary - University of Jewish Studies

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

15 Jun

Conference: 15th Braga Summer School on Migration and Forced Displacement

Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society, University of Minho, Portugal

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

18 Jun

Conference: International Society for Military Ethics

International Society for Military Ethics

Annual Conference

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

19 Jun

CFA Workshop: Social Ontology Faces the Future II: Artificial and Collective Agents

Department of Philosophy, Koç University - Istanbul

Social Ontology Faces the Future

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

19 Jun

Conference: Protection, Precaution, Proportionality. Is respect for ethics in conflict in decline? Military Medical Ethics

HybridCenter for Military Medical Ethics, University of Zürich

ICMM Workshop Series on Military Medical Ethics

Topics: Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

23 Jun

Conference: ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAccT)

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

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

24 Jun

Conference: The Ethics of Health Communication

British Academy

British Academy Conferences

Topics: Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

25 Jun

Conference: Basel-Oxford-Singapore BioXPhi Summit 2025

Institute for Biomedical Ethics, University of Basel

Topics: Applied Ethics

27 Jun

Talk: Facilitating Philosophy for Children Through Script Reading Based on Children's Fiction

Department of Philosophy , University of Washington

Mohamad Reza Vaez Shahrestani (Universität Bonn)

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

30 Jun

Conference: Ecology between Religions and Sciences: Minds and Bodies in Nature

HybridInternational Society for Science and Religion

ISSR Summer Conference

Topics: Metaphysics, General Philosophy of Science, Applied Ethics

1 Jul

Conference: Generative Companionship in the Digital Age: On Human-AI Relationships and the Ethical Landscape Surrounding Artificial Others

University of Twente

Conference on the Philosophy of Computing and AI, IACAP/AISB-2025

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

4 Jul

CFP: The Acorn: Philosophical Studies in Pacifism and Nonviolence

Topics: African/Africana Philosophy, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

15 Jul

Conference: Association for Social and Political Philosophy Annual Conference 2025

University of Glasgow

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

28 Jul

Conference: SAS25 - Uncertainty

Philosophy of computational sciences, HLRS University Stuttgart

Science and the art of Simulation

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

30 Jul

CFP, always open: Springer SAPERE - Book Series - Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics

Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Action, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Religion, Science, Logic, and Mathematics, Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics

1 Aug

CFP: Special Issue of The Journal of Ethics: "Suffering and Attention"

Topics: Applied Ethics, Meta-Ethics, Normative Ethics

4 Aug

Conference: Passau Summer School for Applied Ethics (PASSAE) 2025 - History & Memory: Ethical Dimensions

Professorship of Applied Ethics, Universität Passau

Passau Summer School for Applied Ethics

Topics: Applied Ethics

6 Aug

Conference: 2025 Ethics and Animals pre-RoME Mini-Conference

Society for the Study of Ethics and Animals

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics

9 Aug

Conference: Aesth/Ethics: hospitality in art and society

HybridEreignis Center for Philosophy and the Arts

Topics: Aesthetics, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

18 Aug

Conference: Yaoundé PhD Seminar

Ethics and Public Policy Laboratory, Faculty of Philosophy, Catholic University of Central Africa

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

29 Aug

CFP: Philosophical Contributions to Degrowth (2025 Special Issue)

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

31 Aug

CFP: Sense-Making and Collective Virtues among AI Innovators. Aligning Shared Concepts and Common Goals

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

3 Sep

Conference: (Not) Caring to Know: Vice Epistemology meets Situated Affectivity

HybridCentre for Ethics as Study in Human Value, University of Pardubice

Topics: Epistemology, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

3 Sep

Conference: The Second PhD Workshop of the European Network of Japanese Philosophy

Department of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh

Topics: Asian Philosophy, Aesthetics, Applied Ethics

3 Sep

Conference: Partial Aggregation: Foundations, Concepts, and Mechanisms

University of Manchester

MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory

Topics: Applied Ethics, Meta-Ethics, Normative Ethics

3 Sep

Conference: MANCEPT workshop in Political Theory and Mental Health

University of Manchester

MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory

Topics: Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

4 Sep

Conference: Webs of Kinship: Exploring Environmental Ethics in Japanese Philosophy (The 9th Conference of the European Network of Japanese Philosophy)

Department of Philosophy, The University of Edinburgh

The 9th Conference of the European Network of Japanese Philosophy

Topics: Asian Philosophy, Aesthetics, Applied Ethics

10 Sep

Conference: Standardization of AI Ethics: Stakeholders, Values, and Profit

HybridInstitut für Philosophie, Center for Science and Thought, University of Bonn

Topics: General Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Computing and Information, Applied Ethics

10 Sep

Conference: The Ethics of Moral Criticism: Moral Grandstanding, Social Punishment and Beyond

HybridCentre for Ethics as Study in Human Value, University of Pardubice

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

17 Sep

Conference: Forgotten Animals

School of History, Politics and International Relations, University of Leicester

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

18 Sep

Conference: 23rd Pavia Graduate Conference in Political Philosophy

Department of Political and Social Sciences, Universita' degli Studi di Pavia

Pavia Graduate Conference in Political Philosophy

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

18 Sep

Conference: The Ethics of Migration and Demographic Change

Hoger Instituut voor Wijsbegeerte, Research in Political Philosophy and Ethics Leuven (RIPPLE), KU Leuven

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

20 Sep

Conference: Feminist Ethics, Care Ethics, and Care

Department of Philosophy, The Ohio State University

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