Centre for Ethics as Study in Human Value

30/04/2026

29/04/2026

Next Tuesday, May 5, we'll be joined by Iris Vidmar Jovanović (Rijeka), who will be discussing "Aesthetic Harms and Conflicts." As always, everyone is welcome to join in person or online--our permanent zoom link can be found here: https://centreforethics.upce.cz/en/research-seminar

27/04/2026

Tomorrow at 2pm we'll be joined by Ryan Manhire, who will be presenting a paper entitled "Deep Moral Disagreement as an Interpersonal Difficulty". Zoom link is available here: https://centreforethics.upce.cz/en/research-seminar

This research is part of Ryan's Alfred Kordelinin (Finland) funded project on deep moral differences relating to gender and sexuality, particularly in the contexts of moral and political polarization. This funding has allowed Ryan to join us at the Centre for a 24 month period!

24/04/2026

A big Earth Day success (with cooperative spring weather🌸🌷☀️)--music, discussion, hammock-building, and gardening!

20/04/2026

Next Monday, two of our Centre researchers (Matej Cíbik and Lesley Jamieson) will be presenting at this event at Charles University (organized as part of the Role Ethics research project: https://sites.google.com/view/role-ethicsproject/home ).

We would like to invite you to the workshop Role Ethics & Ethics of Roles, taking place at Charles University (Voršilská 144/1, Room 408) on April 27, 2026, from 9:45 to 16:35. The workshop explores whether and how the roles we occupy—such as caregivers, professionals, or members of social groups—shape our moral responsibilities, and what it means to live a good life within these roles. The program addresses questions about the limits of duty, supererogation, responsibility for social norms, and the management of role conflicts. Students and the wider public are warmly invited to attend. For a more detailed overview of the topics and individual contributions, see the abstracts here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZkE4-W1Zk1e46SeRfEUAInH5bBbiLq5t/view?usp=sharing.

15/04/2026

Next Tuesday, April 21st, we're excited to welcome Wim Dubbink (Tilburg University) to our research centre where he will be giving a talk entitled "Personhood and Resilience in Organizations."

For those joining online, the zoom link can be found here: https://centreforethics.upce.cz/en/research-seminar

14/04/2026

Next Wednesday, April 22, G Building will be a hub of activity for Earth Day!
🛠️ Construction of a hammock structure (10:00–17:00)
🌱 Planting the faculty garden (13:00–17:00)
💬 Panel discussion (17:00–18:30) (in czech)
🎶 Music & refreshments (12:00 - 16:00)
You can look forward to live music performed by Patrick Keenan throughout the day (short entries every hour).
Light refreshments will also be available – coffee, soft drinks, fruit, cookies or bread with hummus.

13/04/2026

Tomorrow at 2pm! Join us in Titan/VO (or online) for a presentation from Tanuj Raut entitled: "Denialist conduct, normative defeaters, and virtue epistemology." Zoom Link can be found here: https://centreforethics.upce.cz/en/research-seminar

Tanuj is a postdoctoral fellow working at the Centre for Ethics on the Czech Science Foundation funded project "Vicious Epistemic Cultures" https://centreforethics.upce.cz/en/vicious-epistemic-cultures

11/04/2026

08/04/2026

This Friday, join us for our Third annual student conference on ethics and political philosophy! This years' theme is "Why are we Fighting? Philosophy in Polarized Times".

In addition to students from other universities within Czechia and neighbouring countries, we're pleased that two members of our own UPCE/Centre for the Ethics community will also be giving talks: Emir Mert Mendi and Yassine El Bakri!

07/04/2026

This Wednesday at 2pm, we'll be joining the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies for our monthly Joint Seminar. Ondřej Krása will be giving a talk discussing AI and the challenge it poses to our concepts of mind and of product.
To attend online: rb.gy/clsolx

30/03/2026

Tomorrow at 2pm! Join us in Titan/VO (or online) for a presentation from Dr. Peter Tuck (a graduate of our PhD programme who currently works at the University of Hradec Králové). Zoom Link can be found here: https://centreforethics.upce.cz/en/research-seminar