Self(less)-Care: Ancient and Contemporary Care Ethics from a Labor Perspective
15th and 16th of May 2026
Historical Building of the University of Pardubice, nám. Čs. legií 565, Room 03004
Friday the 15th of May
09h30-10h Breakfast
10h-10h30 Opening Remarks
Laura Candiotto and Jorge Arjona (University of Pardubice) - Loving is Caring: Towards a Platonic Care Ethics
The Centre for Ethics as Study in Human Value and the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of Pardubice, welcome applications to our tuition-free Master’s Programme in Ethics and Political Philosophy.
Important Dates:
This afternoon, January 26, 2026, our MA student Mohammad Ali Pour successfully defended his thesis, "Nietzsche's Will to Power as the Principle of Revaluation: Toward a Power-Centred Ethics"! In a nuanced discussion with his opponent, Niklas Forsberg, Mohammad showed the strengths of his interpretation of this concept and how it can illuminate agency, creativity, and evaluation while honouring other aspects of Nietzsche's thought such as perspectivism. This thesis was supervised by Antony Fredriksson. Congratulations, we wish Mohammad success in his future endeavours!
April 10, 2026, 10h00 – 17h00
University of Pardubice,
Building Titan/VO
Room: 01009
Conference Schedule
| 9h45 | Registration |
| 10h00 |
Welcome Address from the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies (UPCE) |
This Thursday, November 13th, Laura Candiotto was awarded a Rector's Award from Professor Libor Čapek for her extraordinary contributions to internationalization and long-term conceptual research in the field of ethics of care at the University of Pardubice. Congratulations, so well-deserved!
For more details about the ceremony and other award recipients, go here
Congratulations to David Rozen, who successfully defended his PhD thesis "Clarifying Nature Protection: The Role of Attitudes Towards Nature in Shaping its Forms" on September 30th. David's opponents included Ivo Wallimann-Helmer (uni. of Lausanne) and Olli Lagerspetz (Åbo Akademi University) and he was supported by his supervisor, Ondřej Beran. Their conversation was lively, touching on such topics as Wittgenstein's concept of a form of life and whether the clarification of attitudes might contribute to the resolution of deep disagreements in nature protection.
Call for Abstracts: Self(less)-Care: Ancient and Contemporary Care Ethics from a Labor Perspective
Conference Date: May 15, 2026
Deadline for Abstracts: December 15, 2025
Location: University of Pardubice, Czech Republic (in person)
Keynote speaker: Stella Sandford (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)
The Centre of Ethics Research seminar schedule has now been released here: Research seminar | Centre for ethics
This semester, some changes have been made to our usual meeting place.
Regular Seminars (Tuesdays, 2pm-4pm) will be held in Legie CB/01033 (except September 23rd (Legie CB/03004)) and Online (the seminar is run as hybrid).
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