Women in Ethics
The academic study of ethics is full of ideas that shape how we think about the world, and many of them come from women whose work deserves to be better known. Women writers, thinkers and ethicists have contributed for millennia alongside their male counterparts, yet their work has been often forgotten or side-lined.
In our new series of reels #WomeninEthics, a collaboration between the Department of Social Ethics at the University of Bonn and the Uehiro Oxford Institute at the University of Oxford, we’re shining a light on women thinkers and the ideas they’ve brought to the field.
In the following, you can get a first impression – further introductions to for example Katrien Devolder from Oxford can be found on YouTube, where we introduce new faces every week.
Eva Maria Hille
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Eva Maria Hille
Eva Maria is a researcher at our Department in Bonn. Among others, she has a strong focus on AI ethics.
Denise Wallat
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Denise Wallat
Denise Wallat is another researcher at the Department in Bonn. She works on the responsibility of speech.
Daniela Langen
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Daniela Langen
Daniela is a researcher at the (Social) Ethics Department as well, focusing particularly on emotions.
Magdalena Eitenberger
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Magdalena Eitenberger
Magdalena is a PostDoc researcher in political sciences at the University of Vienna.
Barbara Prainsack
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Barbara Prainsack
Barbara is based in the Department of Political Science at the University of Vienna.
Philippa Foot
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Philippa Foot
Philippa was a philosopher and ethicist, who created the trolley problem – used in classrooms, ethics committees, and even memes.
Simone de Beauvoir
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Simone de Beauvoir
Simone was a philosopher, novelist, feminist, public intellectual and activist, and one of the major figures in existentialism.
Audre Lorde
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Audre Lorde
Audre was an American writer, professor, philosopher, intersectional feminist, poet, and civil rights activist.
