This year's Passau Summer School of Applied Ethics was attended by 30 students from Germany and abroad. They worked together on the question of whether and what Immanuel Kant can still tell us about current problems. To mark this year's 300th anniversary of the philosopher's birth, selected texts were used to examine the current relevance of his work to the topics of digitalization, sustainable development and the future of Europe. The PASSAE was initiated by Prof. Dr. Karoline Reinhardt, who also led one of the working groups alongside Dr. Heiner Koch and Johanna Sinn. Using the texts, the students were able to expand on the topics in three working groups and develop their own media contributions. In addition to a blog post and a philosophy podcast episode, an exhibition was also created that could be visited as part of the Long Night of Democracy on October 2.
In addition, renowned Kant experts provided insights into their research: Prof. Dr. Karoline Reinhardt (University of Passau) gave an introduction to Kant's life and work, relating his political philosophy to migration ethics and examining migration ethics issues from the perspective of his political philosophy. Prof. Dr. Jörg Noller (University of Augsburg) examined the links between Kant's ethics and digitalization. Also, Prof. Dr. Angela Kallhoff (University of Vienna) showed the many connections between Kant's philosophy and climate ethics.