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Congratulation to David Rozen for his successful PhD defense!

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. 

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Winter Semester Research Seminar Schedule

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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Responsibility and Affective Phenomena in Environmental Ethics

What does it mean to be responsible—and, more urgently, what does it mean in the face of climate change? Traditional frameworks conceive of responsibility as individual, retrospective, and based on guilt. However, climate change is a collective harm with diffuse causes, intergenerational effects, and no clearly identified agents. More importantly, the climate crisis calls for an immediate response, not retrospective deliberation.

Congratulation to Peter Tuck for his successful PhD defense!

Congratulations to Peter Tuck, who successfully defended his PhD thesis "Moral Particularism and the Non-Flatness Requirement" on August 29th. Those in attendance were treated to a lively conversation between Peter, his opponents Jussi Suikkanen (Birmingham) and Tomáš Hříbek (FLU, Prague), his committee and audience members. He was supported by both of his co-supervisors, Niklas Forsberg and Anna Bergqvist (Manchester Metropolitan).

We're excited to following Peter's career in the years to come!

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(Call closed) Research position on Prof. Lippitt's ERC CZ project "Combatting Self-Righteousness"

Position: Research Fellow (Moral and/or Social Philosophy) on Professor John Lippitt's ERC CZ project "Combatting Self-Righteousness"

  • Duration: 2 years (potentially renewable)
  • Number of positions: 1 (full time)
  • Disciplines: Philosophy
  • Location: Centre for Ethics, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic
  • Start date: 1 September 2025 (preferred but negotiable)
  • Applications due: 31 March 2025

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