research profile and cv
My research covers different areas of moral philosophy, including moral psychology and meta-ethics. I am interested in how we acquire moral knowledge (and what it is), the role of intuition and perception in morality, and what motivates us to act, or what prevents us from acting, in particular ways. My work on these questions is often applied to specific issues that worry me: how we as humans live with, and think about, other animals; our possible relationships with nature; and various forms of discrimination. There, I like to look at the intersection of the moral, imaginative, existential, political, and sometimes mystical dimensions. For the past years I have been thinking about attention and its ethical dimension (now, finally, I have a book to prove it).
Before studying philosophy I did research in English and comparative literature, linguistics and translation. I used to publish under the name ‘Silvia Panizza’, until I decided that I wanted to and should have my mother’s surname (and here's a blog post about it). I am the leader of the Vegan Studies Network (VSN), an international multi-disciplinary network devoted to developing and connecting research, teaching, and public engagement on the possibilities, reasons, and challenges of a world without animal exploitation – goodness, how I wish such a world were possible.
Before studying philosophy I did research in English and comparative literature, linguistics and translation. I used to publish under the name ‘Silvia Panizza’, until I decided that I wanted to and should have my mother’s surname (and here's a blog post about it). I am the leader of the Vegan Studies Network (VSN), an international multi-disciplinary network devoted to developing and connecting research, teaching, and public engagement on the possibilities, reasons, and challenges of a world without animal exploitation – goodness, how I wish such a world were possible.
webpages
Personal page at the Centre for Ethics: https://centreforethics.upce.cz/en/silvia-caprioglio-panizza
PEriTiA page: https://peritia-trust.eu/team-members/ Vegan Studies Network: https://veganstudiesnetwork.uea.ac.uk/contact-us/ European Moral Psychology Research Network: https://www.moral-psychology.uni-muenchen.de/people/caprioglio-silvia/index.html European Association for Critical Animal Studies: https://www.eacas.eu/collective/ Academia.edu: https://ucd.academia.edu/SilviaPanizza Philpeople: https://philpeople.org/profiles/silvia-caprioglio-panizza The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/profiles/silvia-caprioglio-panizza-996002 |
Image: at Pohadkova Zahrada ('Fairytale Garden'), the rescue centre in Pardubice where ex-farm and wild animals live happily. Chech them out! http://www.pohadkovazahrada.cz/