Initiated by Luk Bouckaert (KU Leuven) and Knut Ims (NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen) the European SPES Institute organizes The Schweitzer Workshop in cooperation with ABC Climont in September 15-18, 2023 in Climont, France. The aim of the workshop is to recontextualize Albert Schweitzer’s eco-oriented ethics for our time - the Anthropocene. Albert Schweitzer formulated an experience-based foundation for ethics based on the principle Reverence For Life (Ehrfurcht vor dem Leben), and that he hereby contributed to a pioneering eco-ethics that should be brought up to date for our time. Schweitzer’s philosophy implies a new sense of authenticity no longer based on the modern ego-centric notion of autonomy but on the alter-centric notion of reverence for life. This foundational principle is conceived as an unconditional and inclusive respect for life in all its manifestations.

See the program of the workshop as enclosure.