Teaching

Teaching at the Chair of Practical Philosophy and Ethics

The Chair's current and previous events can be found on LSF.

The Chair also heads the Master's program in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPW).

Doctoral study at the Chair of Practical Philosophy and Ethics

If you are interested in a doctorate on a topic relevant to the chair, please send the following documents (in English) as one PDF document to Office.Betzler@lrz.uni-muenchen.de: cover letter, CV, research proposal (approx. 10 pages), Master's thesis, and an essay (e.g. a term paper, max. 8000 words). A separate letter of recommendation should be sent to the same address. We will then get in touch with you.

Advanced seminar: Current Themes in Practical Philosophy (summer semester 2026)

Tuesdays, 4 to 6 p.m. c.t. | Room M210 (ZEPP)

Seminar schedule

14 April 2026 Internal Get-Together

21 April 2026 Anne Schwenkenbecher (Murdoch University): Is There Progress in Moral Philosophy?

28 April 2026 Marius Baumann (Hebrew University): Merit, Humiliation, and
Lotteries for College Admission”

5 May 2026 Christine Bratu (University of Göttingen): You do not have to listen to this! Freedom of thought and our (very restricted) duty to listen

12 May 2026 Monika Betzler (LMU): Identity-Shaping as a Relational Wrong

20 May 2026 (Wednesday!) Carla Bagnoli (Universitá di Modena e Reggio Emilia): Moral Disorientation: a problem of responsibility in global contexts of choice - together with Prof. Valentini's Chair

26 May 2026 - Whit Tuesday

2 June 2026 David Shoemaker (Cornell University) - together with Prof. Valentini's Chair

9 June 2026 Sam Berstler (MIT)

16 June 2026 Simon Ewers (University of Stuttgart)

24 June 2026 (Wednesday!) Rafeeq Hasan (Amherst College) - together with Prof. Valentini's Chair

30 June 2026 Filippo Contesi (University of Cagliari): Linguistic Injustice - together with Prof. Valentini's Chair

7 July 2026 LMU-China-Network Workshop

14 July 2026 Paul Irikefe (LMU)