The group is chaired by Martin van Hees.
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
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Team
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Research projects
Research projects the group is currently working on include:
- social cohesion (Van Hees et al.)
- neurotechniques (Meynen, Tesink, Dore-Horgan)
- ethics of inefficacy (Wieland, Supèr, Costella)
- taking responsibility (Boll, Robichaud)
- cancel culture (Bastian)
- cooperation and rationality (Dunne, De Boer)
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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 “Philosophy, Politics and Economics“ and the Masters “Philosophy, Bioethics and Health“ and “Ethics, Economics, and Policy.”