Presentations

2024

Voluntariness & Cooperation: William Thompson’s Utilitarian Socialism (with Philipp Schink), Utilitarianism Debated/L’utilitarisme en débats, ENS de Lyon.
Actualist Rule Consequentialism and Its Problems, Second International Workshop, Ethics of Coordination Project, University of Linköping.
Actualist Rule Consequentialism and Its Problems, Second International Workshop, Ethics of Coordination Project, University of Helsinki.
Rule-Consequentialism and Utopianism, Centre for Advanced Studies, PROFOUND project, Oslo.
Prioritarianism and Discounting (with Anders Herlitz), Workshop, Institute for Futures Studies.
Between Reactionism and Utopianism: How Progressive Should Rule Consequentialists Be? Workshop Ethics of Coordination, Stockholm.
Rule-Consequentialism and “Ought Implies Can”, Higher Seminar, Stockholm University.

2023

Rule-Consequentialism and “Ought Implies Can”, Higher Seminar, Linköping University.
Normative Theories and Action-Guidance, Research School Norms and Normativity.
How could the collective obligations of unstructured groups be grounded in individual obligations?, Workshop Ethics of Coordination, Institute for Futures Studies.
Does democracy require reducing the legislative power of present persons on behalf of future persons?, Philosophical Perspectives on Stability, Linköping University.
Über John Stuart Mills Freiheitsprinzip, Gesellschaft für kritische Philosophie (GKPN), Nuremberg.
Do subjective consequentialists have a problem with coordination?, Workshop Ethics of Coordination, Stockholm.

2022

Rule Consequentialism and Special Obligations, Normativity Colloquium, University of Zürich.
Is Rule Consequentialism Compatible with “Ought Implies Can”?, Philosophical Colloquium, Universität Duisburg-Essen.
From Rational to Moral Utilitarianism (with Attila Tanyi), University of Uppsala.
Consequentialism and Incoherence, GAP 11, Humboldt University of Bremen.
Demokratie und soziale Medien, Gesellschaft für kritische Philosophie (GKPN), Nuremberg.
Prudential Prioritarianism and Intrapersonal Trade-Offs (with Anders Herlitz), WoW – Workshop on Welfare, Saarland University.
Values and Vampires, Metaethics Reading Group, Tromsø.
From Values to Norms: The Consequentialist Bridge, Workshop on Facts, Concepts, Norms and Values, University of Bucharest.
Rule-Consequentialism and Special Obligations, Forschungskolloquium “Aktuelle Forschungsthemen der Praktischen Philosophie”, University of Munich.
From Moral to Rational Utilitarianism (with Attila Tanyi), Norwegian Practical Philosophy Netwerg Conference, University of Bergen.
Der Utilitarismus und das demokratietheoretische Abgrenzungsproblem, Heidelberg University.

2021

Der Utilitarismus und das demokratietheoretische Abgrenzungsproblem, Gesellschaft für Utilitarismusstudiesn - Mitgliederversammlung.
Utilitarianism and the Democratic Boundary Problem, Research Center Normative Orders, Colloquium, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main.
Against demos-centred solutions to the boundary problem, Institute for Futures Studies.
New Ideas on Rule Consequentialist, Institute for Futures Studies.
Der Regel-Konsequentialismus und das Prinzip “Sollen impliziert Können”, Lesekreis der Gesellschaft für Utilitarismusstudien.
From Rational to Moral Utilitarianism (with Attila Tanyi), Second Norwegian Workshop in Metaethics.

2020

Does Democracy Require Reducing the Legislative Power of Present People on Behalf of Future People?, Global Priorities Institute, Oxford University.
Does Democracy Require Reducing the Legislative Power of Present People on Behalf of Future People?, FS Philosophy Forum, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.
Does Democracy Require Reducing the Legislative Power of Present People on Behalf of Future People?, Workshop: Democracy and Future Generations, Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm.
Social Media and Democracy, PPE Seminar, Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm.
Prioritarianism and Distributions over Time (together with Anders Herlitz), PPE Seminar, Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm.

2019

Summary of From Value to Rightness: A Study of Act-Consequentialism, book symposium Current Issues in Consequentialism, University of Erlangen–Nuremberg.
The Democratic Ideal and Its Implications for the Boundary Problem, PPE Seminar, Institute for Futures Studies(Stockholm).
Does Democracy Require Reducing the Legislative Power of Present People on Behalf of Future People?, Filosofiska Föreningen, Umeå University.
Democracy, the Boundary Problem and the Ideal of Self-Government, Higher Seminar, Umeå University.
A Platitudinous Solution to the Boundary Problem, RoME XII, University of Boulder, Colorado.
Comment on Morality by Degrees: Reasons Without Demands by Alastair Norcross, author-meets-critics session at RoME XII, University of Boulder, Colorado.
Is the All-Subjected Principle Extensionally Adequate? Workshop on the Democratic Boundary Problem, Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm.
Values and Vampires, Higher Seminar in Philosophy, Stockholm University.
Democracy as Self-Government and the All-Affected Principle, PPE Seminar, Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm.
Comment on ‘Consequentialism and Moral Virtue’ by Robert J. Hartman, Higher Seminar in Philosophy, Stockholm University.

2018

A Novel Solution to the Boundary Problem, Workshop on the Democratic Boundary Problem, Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm.
Values and Vampires, Workshop on Error Theory, University of Luxembourg.
Kommentar zu Webber und Möller über das Abwägen von Würde, 2. Sitzung Arbeitskreis Zurechnung, Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, Cologne.
The Importance of Democracy on Utilitarianism, Conflicting Claims on Constituent Power: the People and the Constitution in Pluralistic Societies, Stockholm University.
Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan - Inhalt und Wirkung, Gesellschaft für kritische Philosophie Nürnberg (GKPN), Nuremberg.
The Transience Dilemma of AAP and ASP, Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm.
A Defence of Hedonism Against the Incompleteness Objection, Academic Retreat in Limburg, organized by Leo Menges.
Prioritarianism, Whole Lives and Life Periods, Workshop on Prioritarianism, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie.
The Utilitarian Justification of Democracy, ISUS XV, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie.
Some Reasons Why Philosophers Sympathetic to The Consequentialist Idea Should Not Accept Standard Consequentialism, Panel at ISUS XV on Moral Theory and the Consequentialism/Non-Consequentialism Distinction, convenor: Christian Seidel, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie.
Legitimate Borders and Problems of Secession, Joint Bavarian-Russian Conference on Interdisciplinary Humanities and Social Sciences, Bayreuth University.
Lässt sich der Akt-Konsequentialismus gegen Unrechtseinwände verteidigen? Eine Projekt-Skizze. Gesellschaft für Utilitarismusstudien, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie.

2017

The Identity of Agents and Deciders, Research Colloquium Practical Philosophy, Bielefeld University.
Democratic Boundaries and the Identity of Agents and Deciders, Workshop in Practical Philosophy: Summer 2017, Saarland University.
A New Solution to the Boundary Problem, Workshop für Politische Philosophie, organized by Fabian Wendt and David Schweikard, University of Flensburg.
Workplace Democracy and the Boundary Problem, Workshop on Economic Democracy at Politicologenetmaal 2017, convenors: Gabriel Wollner and Nicholas Vrousalis, University of Leiden.

2016

The Dual-Source View of Role Obligations, Colloquium, Thomas Schmidt, Humboldt University of Berlin.
Does Democracy Require the Institutional Representation of Future Generations?, Colloquium, Kirsten Meyer, Humboldt University of Berlin.
The Problem of Self-Imposed Priming and Support, Workshop with Philip Pettit on The Robust Demands of the Good, Free University of Berlin.
Collective Autonomy and the Boundaries of Democracy, Humboldt University of Berlin.
Mills qualitativer Hedonismus und die Frage nach der optimalen Bevölkerungsgröße (Mill's Qualitative Hedonism and the Issue of the Optimal Population Size), University of Siegen.

2015

The Paradox of Supererogation Cannot be Resolved, Workshop: Supererogaton – Concept and Context, University of Basel.
Future People and Strong and Weak Forms of Democratic Representation, MANCEPT 2015, University of Manchester.
Sieben Probleme in Norbert Hoersters Moralbegründung (Seven Problems of Norbert Hoerster’s Moral Theory), Symposium zur Philosophie Hoersters, convenor: Oliver Hallich, University of Duisburg-Essen.
Role Obligations and Social Norms, Workshop in Practical Philosophy: Summer 2015, Saarland University.
Wen sollen demokratische Institutionen repräsentieren? Das Demos-Problem und zukünftige Generationen (Whom Should Democratic Institutions Represent? The Demos Problem and Future Generations), DAAD Stipendiatentreffen (Meeting for scholarship holders of the German Academic Exchange Service), University of Mannheim.

Does Democracy Require the Representation of Future Generations?, Workshop in Practical Philosophy: Winter 2014/15, Saarland University.

2014

The Paradox of Supererogation Cannot Be Resolved, University of Belgrade.

Demokratie und Ombudsleute für zukünftige Generationen”, Research and Study Centre “Dynamics of Change, University of Mannheim.

Demokratie und gravierende Fehlentscheidungen, Tagung Praktische Philosophie, University of Salzburg.
Competitive and Non-Competitive Theories of Supererogation, DKPhil XXIII, University of Münster.
Public and Private Morality and the Standards of Praise and Blame, MANCEPT 2014, University of Manchester.
Facets of Rightness and the Choice between Act- and Rule-Consequentialism, ISUS XIII, Yokohama National University.
Facets of Rightness and the Choice between Competing Moral Theories, Understanding Value III, University of Sheffield.
Subjectivism and ‘Ought’ Implies ‘Can’, Workshop in Practical Philosophy: Summer 2014, Saarland University.
God and Eternal Boredom, Religious Studies at 50, University of Leeds.
Mehr Gemeinwohl durch institutionelle Reformen?, Hochschultage Nachhaltigkeit, University of Heidelberg.
Begründungen für nachhaltige Institutionen, Workshop of the Research and Study Centre Dynamics of Change, University of Mannheim.

2013

Multi-Dimensional Consequentialism and Risk, Workshop The Dimensions of Consequentialism, University of Konstanz.
The Grounds of Role Obligations, Academic Retreat on Reichenau Island, convenor: Attila Tanyi, University of Konstanz.
A Collectivist Account of Role Obligations, MANCEPT 2013, University of Manchester.
Konsens-Nonsens – Warum Zustimmung für politische Legitimität nicht maßgeblich ist, Workshop: Moralbegründung und Politische Philosophie, convenors: Walter Pfannkuche and Jens Schnitker, University of Kassel.
Konsens-Nonsens – Warum Zustimmung für politische Legitimität nicht maßgeblich ist, University of Bielefeld.
Ramifications of Error Theories about the Deontic, Workshop in Practical Philosophy: Summer 2013, Saarland University.
The Moral Relevance of Inculpable Ignorance, Konstanz-Zürich Colloquium, University of Konstanz.
Duty-Free Consequentialism, Colloquium, Thomas Schmidt, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

2012

Objective Consequentialism and Ignorance-Induced Inability, Colloquium, Gottfried Seebaß, University of Konstanz.
Duty-Free Consequentialism, Colloquium, Peter Stemmer, University of Konstanz.
Objective Consequentialism and Ignorance-Induced Inability, Academic Retreat on Reichenau Island, convenor: Attila Tanyi, University of Konstanz.
A New Perspective on Perspective-Dependence, Workshop in Practical Philosophy: Autumn 2012, Saarland University.
A New Argument for Subjective Consequentialism, GAP 8, University of Konstanz.
Die konsequentialistische Begründung von juridischen Rechten (The Consequentialist Justification of Legal Norms, with Martin Kerz), 19th Conference of the Young Forum for Philosophy of Law (JFR), University of Münster.
The Objective Consequentialist vs. Karpov, ISUS XII, New York University. 06/2012
In Defence of the Medical Model of Disability, Applied Ethics Discussion Group, convenor: Julian Savulescu, University of Oxford.
Consequentialism and Action-Guidance, Workshop in Practical Philosophy: Summer 2012, Saarland University.
Between Boredom and Ignorance – On the Problems of an Omnitemporal Deity (with Attila Tanyi), 2nd Glasgow Philosophy of Religion Seminar, University of Glasgow.
A Case for Scalar Consequentialism, Graduate Seminar in Practical Philosophy, convenor: Torbjörn Tännsjö, University of Stockholm.
A Case for Scalar Consequentialism, Higher Seminar in Practical Philosophy, convenor: Erik Carlson, University of Uppsala.
Subjective Consequentialism and Commonsense Morality, Ockham Society, University of Oxford.
A Case for Scalar Consequentialism, Workshop in Practical Philosophy: Winter 2011/12, Saarland University.

2011

Objective Consequentialism and the Principle That ‘Ought’ Implies ‘Can’, academic retreat on Reichenau Island, convenor: Attila Tanyi, University of Konstanz.
Können Gruppen rationale Akteure sein? (Can Groups be Rational Agents?), Spring School Realität und Bedeutung kollektiver Absichtlichkeit – philosophische und rechtliche Aspekte, University of Konstanz.

2010

Is Act-Consequentialism Collectively Self-Defeating?, Workshop in Practical Philosophy: Autumn 2010, Saarland University.
Is Act-Consequentialism Collectively Self-Defeating?, Oberseminar Probleme der Angewandten Ethik, convenor: Bernward Gesang, University of Mannheim.
Corporations as Instruments, International Conference on Collective Intentionality VII, University of Basel.
Jill and the Case for Subjective Consequentialism, Workshop in Practical Philosophy: Summer 2010, Saarland University.
Jill and the Licensing Dilemma, Oberseminar Probleme der Angewandten Ethik, convenor: Bernward Gesang, University of Mannheim.
Humaner Utilitarismus und externe Präferenzen (Humanistic Utilitarianism and External Preferences), Workshop in Practical Philosophy: Winter 2009/10, Saarland University.

2009

Jacks Besuch der Kathedrale: Warum der Motiv-Utilitarismus scheitert (Jack’s Visit of the Cathedral – Why Motive- Utilitarianism Fails), GAP 7, University of Bremen.
Jacks Besuch der Kathedrale: Warum der Motiv-Utilitarismus scheitert, Workshop in Practical Philosophy: Summer 2009, Saarland University.
Eine Kritik an Norbert Hoersters Theorie der Normenvertretung, Workshop in Practical Philosophy: Spring 2009, Saarland University.
Was ist Utilitarismus? (What is Utilitarianism?), Freundeskreis der Giordano Bruno Stiftung in Ostwestfalen, Bielefeld.