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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

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!

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.