Center of Ethics

Lead: Faculty of Theology
Involved: Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Founded: 1995

• Prof. Dr. Francis Cheneval, Institute of Philosophy (Chair)
• Prof. Dr. Nikola Biller-Andorno, Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine
• Lea Chilian, Institute of Social Ethics
• Prof. Dr. Michael Coors, Institute of Social Ethics
• Dr. Tobias Eichinger, Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine
• Prof. Dr. Christoph Halbig, Institute of Philosophy
• Prof. Dr. Jörg Löschke, Institute of Philosophy
• Dr. Sebastian Muders, Institute of Philosophy
• Dr. Stefan Riedener, Institute of Philosophy
• Prof. Dr. Peter Schaber, Institute of Philosophy

The EZEN conducts and coordinates teaching and research in the field of ethics at UZH. This includes fundamental questions of moral philosophy and theological ethics as well as current issues in applied ethics. Here, the center’s research focuses on biomedical, political and environmental ethics. Across all these areas, questions of justice and human dignity are central.

Center for Ethics (EZEN)
Zollikerstr. 117
CH-8008 Zurich
Prof. Dr. Michael Coors

Contact (E-mail)
www.ethik.uzh.ch/en