‘Conflict Beyond Resolution: Meta-ethical, Normative, and Applied Perspectives’
August 27 – 28, 2026
The conference will take place at the Historical Building of the University of Pardubice (Nám. Čs. legií 565, 3rd floor, room 03004).
Everyone is welcome!
PROGRAMME
Day 1 – Thursday 27
9.00 Welcome
9.15-10.30 Keynote: Naomi Scheman (University of Minnesota)
11.00-11.45 Christopher Cowley (Charles University Prague / University College Dublin), “Living with the Unforgivable”
12.00-12.45 Antony Fredriksson (University of Pardubice), “Existentialist Dialectics of Hope and Despair in the Context of Climate Crisis”
12.45-14.00 Lunch
14.00-14.45 Matěj Král (Charles University Prague), “Ethical Theories as Reflective Questions: Orienting Students in Moral Plurality”
15.15-16.00 Lesley Jamieson (University of Pardubice), “Just moving on and the value of agent-regret in nursing”
16.15-17.00 Ondřej Beran (University of Pardubice), “Living with conflict happily ever after”
Day 2 – Friday 28
9-10.15 Keynote: Maria Baghramian (American University of Armenia / University College Dublin)
10.45-11.30 Silvia Caprioglio Panizza (University of Pardubice), “Suffering without Resolution”
11.45-12.30 Ryan Manhire (Åbo Akademi/University of Pardubice), “Rationality and Persuasion in Deep Moral Disagreement: Reflections on the Polarised Reception of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie (2023)”
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-14.15 Niklas Forsberg (University of Pardubice), “Conflict? No Worries! I’ve got a method!”
14.30-15.15 Dan Swain (Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences), “‘Reasonableness in the Pursuit of Inevitably Endless Conflicts’ – From Essentially Contested Concepts to Conceptual Prefiguration”
15.45-17.00 Keynote: Megan Laverty (Columbia University), “Wholeheartedness”
Supported by the European Regional Development Fund project “Beyond Security: Role of Conflict in Resilience-Building” (reg. no.: CZ.02.01.01/00/22_008/0004595)