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.

Current courses - summer semester 2025

Prof. Dr. Monika Betzler

• ZEPP Talks: Vorträge zu aktuellen ethischen Themen
• Oberseminar: Aktuelle Forschungsthemen der Praktischen Philosophie (Seminarplan siehe unten)

Dr. Marius Baumann

• Moralische Verantwortung und Moralischer Zufall
• Muss sich Leistung (wieder) lohnen?

Dr Jonas Vandieken

• Kants Rechtslehre
• Was wir uns gegenseitig schulden - zum Gehalt und der Natur interpersonaler Moral

Dr. Anna Wehofsits

• Personale Autonomie
• BA-/MA-Kolloquium Praktische Philosophie

Advanced seminar: Current Themes in Practical Philosophy (summer semester 2025)

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

Seminar schedule

29 April 2025 Jonas Vandieken (LMU Munich): Deliberation in the Moral Nexus

6 May 2025 Fabienne Peter (University of Warwick): Fittingness: A Relational Perspective (together with Chair Prof. Laura Valentini)

13 May 2025 Sam Sphall (University of Sydney)

16 May 2025 (Friday!) Workshop with David Owens (King's College London): Moral Theory, Convention and the Method of Cases (together with Chair Prof. Laura Valentini at Workshop "Moral Principles and Social Norms")

20 May 2025 Marta Johansson-Werkmäster (University of Lund): Praising Well (together with Chair Prof. Sven Nyholm)

27 May 2025 Julien Deonna (University of Geneva): The nature of compassion (together with Chair Prof. Laura Valentini)

3 June 2025 David Enoch (Hebrew University) - Munich Lectures in Ethics

10 June 2025 Pentecost - no class

18 June 2025 (Wednesday, 2 p.m.!) Massimo Renzo (King's College Londeon) - together with Chair Prof. Laura Valentini

24 June 2025 Jessica Fischer (University of Bristol)

1 July 2025 Jean-Moritz Müller (University of Tübingen)

8 July 2025 Michael Klenk (TU Delft, Humboldt-Fellow LMU Munich)

15 July 2025 Korbinian Rüger (LMU Munich)

22 July 2025 Dana Nelkin (UC San Diego)