CEPS - Centre for Ethics Politics and Society
CEPS is the only research centre in Portugal exclusively dedicated to political philosophy and applied ethics. It counts more than twenty full members and several associated members, organized into two main research groups. The Political Theory Area focuses on normative political philosophy (justification of liberal and constitutional democracy, global justice and human rights); applied political theory (social justice and basic income, property-owning democracy, whistleblowing, and public interest); critical theory tradition (populism and the crisis of democratic representation); and history of political thought. The Applied Ethics area does research in matters of ethical theory that could affect the way we act. In particular, it focuses on how theoretical issues in population ethics and techno-science are important for real-world decisions affecting future generations, such as our treatment of nonhuman animals, the environment, gender issues, resource prioritization, biomedical enhancement, and breakthrough technologies.
The Centre is home to Ethics, Politics & Society, an international open-access, peer-reviewed journal that publishes high-quality contributions in the areas of the Centre's expertise.
The Centre hosts a rich series of events: the Meetings on Ethics and Political Philosophy; the Summer School in Political Philosophy & Public Policy; the Colloquium on the History of Ethics and Political Philosophy, and the CEPS Seminar Series, a monthly appointment to discuss ongoing research by its members, as well as working papers, manuscript workshops and book presentations by international speakers.
In the last evaluation process of the quality of research by the Foundation for Science and Technology, the Centre was rated 'Very Good.'
The Centre is home to Ethics, Politics & Society, an international open-access, peer-reviewed journal that publishes high-quality contributions in the areas of the Centre's expertise.
The Centre hosts a rich series of events: the Meetings on Ethics and Political Philosophy; the Summer School in Political Philosophy & Public Policy; the Colloquium on the History of Ethics and Political Philosophy, and the CEPS Seminar Series, a monthly appointment to discuss ongoing research by its members, as well as working papers, manuscript workshops and book presentations by international speakers.
In the last evaluation process of the quality of research by the Foundation for Science and Technology, the Centre was rated 'Very Good.'