The Ethics group at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is an international, dynamic research group dedicated to cutting-edge and impactful research in applied ethics.
The group is chaired by Gerben Meynen.
Practical philosophy
Research Group - Practical Philosophy
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Team
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Research projects
- neurotechniques (Meynen, Tesink, Dore-Horgan)
- intra vs. interpersonal dilemmas (Supèr, Costella, Wieland)
- taking responsibility (Boll, Robichaud)
- cooperation and rationality (Dunne, De Boer, Bastian)
- commercial DNA databases (De Groot)
- cancel culture (Bastian)
- infectious disease (Bernstein)
- persistent minorities in democracies (Visser)
- corporate responsibility for climate change (Wieland)
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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 Master “Philosophy, Bioethics and Health“.