The group is specialized in social cohesion, collective action, moral responsibility, rationality, and bio-ethics.
Practical philosophy
The Ethics group at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is an international, dynamic research group dedicated to cutting-edge and impactful research in ethics.
Research Group - Practical Philosophy
-
Team
-
Research projects
Research projects the group is currently working on include:
- social cohesion (Robichaud, Wieland, Bastian)
- neurotechniques (Meynen, Tesink)
- ethics of inefficacy (Wieland, Supèr, Costella)
- taking responsibility (Boll, Robichaud)
- ethics and epistemology of cancel culture and boycotting (Bastian)
- cooperation and rationality (Dunne, De Boer)
-
Teaching
The group is responsible for moral and political philosophy courses in a wide variety of philosophy and non-philosophy programs, and coordinates the Bachelor's programme Philosophy, Politics and Economics and the Master's programmes Philosophy, Bioethics and Health and Ethics, Economics, and Policy.
-
Group meetings