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The Collective Ethics Seminar is a recurring online seminar organized by Gunnar Björnsson (Stockholm University), Olle Blomberg (University of Gothenburg), and Niels de Haan (University of Vienna). The aim of the seminar is to facilitate discussions of the latest research in or relevant for collective ethics. For example, topics such as collective/corporate moral agency, shared/collective action, group abilities, group epistemology, collective duties, and collective/corporate responsibility. Each semester a number of scholars are invited to give a talk on a related topic followed by a discussion. The online seminar is open for all to attend.
Schedule 2024 Winter Semester
| Date | Time | Presenter | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 October 2024 | 15.15 - 16.45 CET | TBA | TBA |
| 11 November 2024 | 15.15 - 16.45 CET | Philip Pettit (Princeton University / Australian National University) | Can We Expect Corporations to Be Virtuous? |
| 25 November 2024 | 15.15 - 16.45 CET | Abe Roth (Ohio State University) | TBA |
| 9 December 2024 | 15.15 - 16.45 CET | TBA | TBA |
| 20 January 2025 | 15.15 - 16.45 CET | TBA | TBA |
Schedule 2024 Summer Semester
| Date | Time | Presenter | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 April 2024 | 15.15-16.45 CET | Tracy Isaacs (University of Western Ontario) | Meat-Eating as Ideology and 'Meat-Eaters' Fragility' |
| 29 April 2024 | 15.15-16.45 CET | Jules Salomone-Sehr (Oxford University) | Complicity: A Minimalist Account for Our Maximally Messy Social World |
| 20 May 2024 | 15.15-16.45 CET | Benjamin Matheson (University of Bern) | The Value of Collective Guilt for Oppressed Groups |
| 10 June 2024 | 15.15-16.45 CET | Christian List (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) | Do Group Agents Have Free Will? |
| 24 June 2024 | 15.15-16.45 CET | Jan Willem Wieland (Free University of Amsterdam) | Inefficacy and Expressive Value |
Please keep in mind that the times are according to Central European Time! Each session will feature a presentation of approximately 45 minutes and 45 minutes of Q&A. The seminar will take place via Zoom. You can join the Seminar via the link below.
Link: univienna.zoom.us/j/62736288881
Meeting ID: 627 3628 8881
Passcode: 095205
Schedule 2023 Winter Semester
| Date | Time | Presenter | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2023 | 15.15-16.45 CET | Michael Bratman (Stanford University) | Time, Sociality, Institutions: The Core Capacity Conjecture |
| 16 October 2023 | 15.30-17.00 CET | Julia Nefsky (University of Toronto) | Expected Utility, the Pond Analogy and Imperfect Duties |
| 30 October 2023 | 15.15-16.45 CET | Avia Pasternak (University of Toronto) | Violent Protests and the Proportionality Test |
| 6 November 2023 | 15.15-16.45 CET | Veli Mitova (University of Johannesburg) | Social Group Moral Encroachment |
| 13 November 2023 | 15.15-16.45 CET | Frank Hindriks (University of Groningen) | Can Harmless Actions Be Impermissible for Reasons of Harm? Risky Actions and Collective Outcomes |
| 27 November 2023 | 15.15-16.45 CET | Barbara Vetter (FU Berlin) | Adaptive Abilities |
| 18 December 2023 | 15.15-16.45 CET | Anne Schwenkenbecher (Murdoch University) | We-Mode Reasoning about our Environmental Obligations |
22 January 2024 | 15.15-16.45 CET | Maeve McKeown (University of Groningen) | Corporate Responsibility and Historical Injustice |
Please keep in mind that the times are according to Central European Time! Each session will feature a presentation of approximately 45 minutes and 45 minutes of Q&A. The seminar will take place via Zoom. You can join the Seminar via the link below.
Link: univienna.zoom.us/j/62736288881
Meeting ID: 627 3628 8881
Passcode: 095205
Schedule 2023 Summer Semester
| Date | Time | Presenter | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 February 2023 | 10.00 - 11.30 CET | Stephanie Collins (Monash University) | Collectives' Culpability Through Time |
| 20 February 2023 | 16.15 - 17.45 CET | Saba Bazargan-Forward (University of California, San Diego) | Hierarchies, Joint Action, and Accountability |
| 6 March 2023 | 15.15 - 16.45 CET | Amy Sepinwall (University of Pennsylvania) | Artificial Moral Agents: Corporations and AI |
| 20 March 2023 | 15.15 - 16.45 CET | Kirk Ludwig (Indiana University) | Responsibility Magnets and Shelters in Institutional Action |
| 3 April 2023 | 15.15 - 16.45 CET | Avia Pasternak (University of Toronto) (CANCELLED) | Violent Protest and Harm to Police Officers |
| 24 April 2023 | 15.15 - 16.45 CET | Alex Kaiserman (University of Oxford) | Causation and Responsibility in Collective Action |
| 8 May 2023 | 15.15 - 16.45 CET | Jessica Brown (University of St. Andrews) | Group Justified Belief and Evidence |
| 15 May 2023 | 15.15 - 16.45 CET | Bill Wringe (Bilkent University) | Collective Agents and the Categorical Imperative |
Please keep in mind that the times are according to Central European Time! Each session will feature a presentation of approximately 45 minutes and 45 minutes of Q&A. The seminar will take place via Zoom. You can join the Seminar via the link below.
Link: univienna.zoom.us/j/62736288881
Meeting ID: 627 3628 8881
Passcode: 095205