The CEPP is a cross-faculty research institution at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich and has replaced the Munich Center for Ethics. The aim of the CEPP is to contribute to both the discussion and solution of current societal problems by coordinating and promoting research and teaching in the field of ethics while making it accessible for a wider public. The CEPP serves as an inter-faculty juncture for outstanding research and teaching on application-oriented topics in ethics and practical philosophy. In addition, the CEPP aims at having a networking effect to the society, making the interlinking of science and normative reflection visible for a general public, and thus complementing LMU’s third mission activities.
The CEPP strives to identify important ethical issues in society, politics, and science and to address them in research, teaching and public events. The social and technological changes during the last few decades initiated a transformation for practical philosophy in general as well as for the field of philosophical ethics in particular. The ethical consequences of, for example, artificial intelligence, climate change, or the development and pluralization of our societies through migration are only just beginning to show their full implications. On the one hand, this confronts us with practical problems, since new areas of conflict also require new, publicly justifiable solutions. On the other hand, it also requires theoretical reflection, since traditional concepts and principles of philosophical ethics must be reviewed for their relevance and modified if necessary.
More information on the CEPP website.