Corti Lecture: Is there a duty to be useful?

Name: Corti Lecture: Is there a duty to be useful?
Start: 2026-10-29T17:15:00.000Z
End: 2026-10-29T18:45:00.000Z
Location: Universität Zürich, Zentrum

Public lecture by Prof. Dr. Lisa M. Herzog exploring philosophical questions about duty and utility.

Date

Thursday 29 October

18:15 – 19:45

Venue

Universität Zürich, Zentrum

Rämistrasse 71, Zürich · Kreis 1

ETH/Universitätsspital · Tram 6, 9, 10

Price

Price on organiser’s site

Language

German

About

Automatically translated from German

The Ethics Centre of the University of Zurich presents a public lecture by Prof. Dr. Lisa M. Herzog from the Centre for Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Groningen. The talk explores the philosophical question of whether there is a duty to be useful. The event is open to all, free of charge, and requires no registration.

Organiser · Ethik-Zentrum der Universität Zürich (EZEN)

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