Workshops

Hate Speech: What it is & How it works
A workshop on the concept, semantics and pragmatics of hate speech, funded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation. Speakers: Inga Bones, Alexander Brown, Katharine Gelber, Dirk Kindermann, Rae Langton, Teresa Marques, Lucy McDonald, Mari Mikkola, Mihaela Popa-Wyatt, Stefan Rinner.
26 Feb 2021 — 27 Feb 2021 zoom / KIT
Hate Speech: What it is & How it works
Ethical Impartialism
A workshop discussing contemporary perspectives on impartialism in moral philosophy – in collaboration with Tyler Paytas (Australian Catholic University, ACU) and funded by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service). Speakers: Carla Bagnoli, Roger Crisp, Anca Gheaus, Simon Keller, Jörg Löschke, Tyler Paytas, Christian Seidel, Sarah Stroud.
18 Oct 2019 — 20 Oct 2019 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Ethical Impartialism
The Ethics of State Mass Surveillance
An interdisciplinary conference, funded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation. Speakers: Peter Königs, Erik Krempel & Pascal Birnstill, Nóra Ní Loideain, Kevin Macnish, Ingmar Persson, Scott Robbins, Patrick Smith, Titus Stahl, Carissa Véliz.
11 Apr 2019 — 12 Apr 2019
The Ethics of State Mass Surveillance
Zukunftsethik (Ethics of the future)
An author-meets-students workshop on the book Was schulden wir künftigen Generationen? The Challenge of Future Ethics (Reclam 2018) by Kirsten Meyer (HU Berlin)
5 Dec 2018 14:00 — 16:30 Department of Philosophy (Geb. 09.20, 4. OG), R. 511
Zukunftsethik (Ethics of the future)
Derek Parfit’s Philosophical Legacy
This workshop – part of the 15th Conference of the International Society for Utilitarian Studies (ISUS.XV) – explores Parfit’s contributions to philosophy and discusses contemporary issues emanating from his writings. Speakers: Roger Crisp, Julia Driver, Matthias Hoesch, Brad Hooker, Susanne Mantel, Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek, Melinda Roberts.
25 Jul 2018 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Derek Parfit’s Philosophical Legacy
Moral Theory and the Consequentialism/Non-Consequentialism Distinction
This workshop – a panel at the 15th Conference of the International Society for Utilitarian Studies (ISUS.XV) – discusses new wave consequentialism in moral philosophy. Speakers: Vuko Andrić, Annette Dufner, Jan Gertken, Tim Henning, Paul Hurley, Thomas Schmidt.
25 Jul 2018 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Moral Theory and the Consequentialism/Non-Consequentialism Distinction