The Editorial Board of the scientific journal «Discourses of Ethics» supports and promotes the organization of the annual International Conferences «Theoretical and Applied Ethics: Traditions and Prospects» (Saint-Petersburg State University) and participates in reviewing and publishing conference materials.
XVIII International Conference "Theoretical and Applied Ethics: Traditions and Perspectives ― 2026. “Knowledge. Education. Practice"
Saint-Petersburg State University, 19-21 November 2026
The problem of the relationship between knowledge and morality traces back to the Socratic thesis of the identity of virtuous life and knowledge of virtue. Some philosophers identify the greater good with pleasure, others with utility, and still others with the joy of knowledge, etc. As a normative science and practical philosophy, ethics not only defines what virtue is but also how to be virtuous, addressing both knowledge and actions. The current state of scientific knowledge presents new and acute challenges to Ethics. In the context of the increasing instrumentalization of knowledge, educational practices require analysis within classical ethical approaches and the further evolution of philosophical thought. It seems significant to turn both to practical-active positions and to the theoretical foundations of individual moral consciousness and society.
The international scientific conference "Theoretical and Applied Ethics: Traditions and Prospects" is devoted to the study of the most important ethical phenomena of modern society and the categories of morality and practical philosophy. The key task of the conference is to identify the theoretical and methodological foundations of the current state of ethical science, to identify the main problems and prospects for the development of scientific research in the field of theoretical and applied ethics. History has repeatedly confronted humans with the limit situations, as well as today's world issues new challenges for us. Thus, the value strategies, the choice that everyone makes in such conditions should be the direct subject of ethical research. The practice of philosophical understanding of economic, political and civil shocks in Russia has formed the tradition of ethical and philosophical reflection in the context of the transformation of reality.
The International Scientific Conference “Theoretical and Applied Ethics: Traditions and Prospects” has been heldsince 2007. The geography of the conference covers the whole country: from Kaliningrad to Khabarovsk and fromKrasnodar to Murmansk. Foreign participants join the discussion from various parts of the world: China, Japan, Brazil,USA, EU countries, Argentina, Belarus, Serbia, Turkey, Iran, Kuwait.
We welcome young researchesto participate, in order to advance their academic careers. We're holding a Young Scholars’ Competition during the Conference.
Abstract requirements:
- Abstract: 2000-4000 characters
- Text without formatting, figures, tables, footnotes, etc.
- Abstract without a list of references
- Please do not include the full names of the authors, abstract title and other metadata, grant name and number, etc. in the abstract text – see special columns in this form
- If your abstracts contains references to organizations recognized in Russia as undesirable, extremist or terroristas well as people and organizations included in the registry of foreign agentsthey must be labeled in accordance with the law.
- The titles of abstracts are indicated in a standard font, capital letters are used at the beginning of sentences and in proper names. We kindly ask you not to use Capslock.
If the requirements for abstract formatting are violated, the application will be rejected.
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The conference is held both in person and online.
Conference languages: Russian, English.
The proceedings of the conference with ISSN are indexed in RSCI.
Registration fee is 1300 rub. ( for participants of the student conference - 500 rub.) Payment instructions is sent to participants after the finalization of the conference program
IMPORTANT DATES
July 1
submitting workshop proposals
September 30
Deadline for submitting applications and abstracts for participating in the conference and the proceedings
(Дедлайн регистрации на сайте СПбГУ 25 сентября)
October 24
Finalisation of the conference program
Планируемые секции и круглые столы:
- Историко-философские основания этики: от классических традиций к современным проблемам
- Прикладная этика в современном обществе: вызовы и решения
- Биоэтика: на стыке теории и практики
- Этика искусственного интеллекта и цифровых технологий: нормативные вызовы и практики регулирования
- Этика в профессиональных практиках: вызовы и стандарты
- Этические традиции и многообразие культур
- Многообразие этических смыслов и ценностей
- Этика животных (Яловенко М.А.)
- Ценности семьи: тенденции, трансформации, риски (Борисов С.В.)
- Логика и аргументация морали: модели экспорта знания в публичную сферу (Шапиро О.А., Лисанюк Е.Н.)
- Мораль в структуре сюжетосложения: нарратология как метод исследования в этике (Бродский А.И.)
- Военное образование в ситуации нравственных вызовов: этические аспекты воспитания военнослужащих (Тебякина Е.Е.)
- Машина образования в кинематографе: этический аспект (Романова И.К.)
- Этические проблемы «Электронного животноводства» (Томильцева Д.А.)
- Античная этика перед лицом изменчивого мира: концепты, трансформации, рецепции (Мочалова И.Н., Григорьева М.П.)
- Я и Другой: нормы, ценности, смыслы (Жадунова Н.В.)
- Парадигма признания в философии права (Ветютнев Ю.Ю.)
- Моральный и религиозный дискурс: исторический и теоретический анализ (Овчинникова Е.А., Чумакова Т.В.)
Planned:
Workshops: 8-12 participants
Panel sessions: 12 and more participants
The program committee Chairman
Vadim Yu. Perov(St. Petersburg State University)
The members of the Program committee:
Safia V. Starkova (HSE — St. Petersburg) — Vice-Chairman
Larionov Igor (St. Petersburg State University) — Vice-Chairman
Perova Nina аспирант, м.н.с. Сектора гуманитарных экспертиз и биоэтики, Институт философии РАН (выпускница СПбГУ) — секретарь программного комитета
Abakarova Raiganat (Dagestan State University)
Ageeva Dinara (Interregional public organization in the field of animal protection «Voices for Animals»)
Artemov Georgiy (St. Petersburg State University)
Bartashevich Tatiana (St. Petersburg State University)
Brodsky Alexander (St. Petersburg State University)
Vasilyev Ilia (St. Petersburg State University)
Derzhivitsky Evgeniy (St. Petersburg State University)
Zimbuli Andrey (Herzen University)
Kovaleva Tatiana (St. Petersburg State University)
Kulakova Tatyana (St. Petersburg State University)
Lisanyuk Elena (Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences)
Ovchinnikova Elena (St. Petersburg State University)
Plotnikova Tatiana (Leadership Program Manager, «Lenta» Retail, St. Petersburg)
Polozhentsev Andrey (St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design)
Razin Alexander (Moscow State University)
Sinyutin Mikhail (St. Petersburg State University)
Strebkov Alexander (St. Petersburg State University)
Sunami Artem (St. Petersburg State University)
Tarkovsky Vladimir (Kostroma State University)
Shevchenko Alexander (Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch)
The Organizing Committee reserves the right to select applications for participation in the conference and publication, as well as the workshops schedule. The Organizing Committee does not enter into any correspondence regarding the content of the abstracts or topics of the presentations.
Contacts
For all questions, please contact the conference coordinators by e-mail: theoretical.applied.ethics.spbu@gmail.com
Postal address of the Organizing Committee:
Russia, 199034, St. Petersburg, Mendeleevskaya Line, 5. St.Petersburg State University, Institute of Philosophy, Department of Ethics.
Phone no: (812)328-94-21 (1843)
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