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 (winter semester 2025/2026)

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

Seminar schedule

14 October 2025 Internal Get-Together

21 October 2025 Radu Bumbacea (LMU Munich)

28 Oktober 2025 Sven Nyholm (LMU Munich): Generative AI, Authorship, and the Future of Writing

5 November 2025 (Wednesday!) Andrea Sangiovanni (King's College London) (together with Laura Valentini and her group)

11 November 2025 Ben Pohlmann (University of Pavia): Relationship Justice: A Kind of Justice Pertaining to Interpersonal Relationships

18 November 2025 Thomas Schmidt (HU Berlin): Supererogation and the Structure of Reasons (together with Laura Valentini and her group)

25 November 2025 Nora Kreft (LMU Munich): Autonomy and Neurodiversity

2 December 2025 Peter Schaber (University of Zurich): Requests as Reasons

9 December 2025 Sebastian Schmidt (University of Zurich): Epistemic Norms as Relational Duties

17 December 2025 (Wednesday!) Clare Chambers (University of Cambridge) (together with Laura Valentini and her group)

13 January 2026 Sarah Köglsperger (University of Fribourg)

20 January 2026 Euan Allison (LMU Munich)

27 January 2026 Manon Garcia (FU Berlin) (together with Laura Valentini and her group)

3 February 2026 Christian Seidel (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)