Arne Holger Moritz

Arne Holger Moritz is a Professor for Ethics in School and Society at the University of Vienna, affiliated with the Institute of Philosophy and Center for Teacher Education. He joined Vienna in March 2024 after a long tenure at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, where he worked as a Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben until 2012.

• Education:
  • Magister Artium (1999) in Philosophy, Modern and Contemporary History, and German Literature from Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
  • Promotion (2006) in Philosophy from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

Research Interests span multiple areas:

• Philosophical Didactics: Innovations in ethics and philosophy education
• Medieval Philosophy: Historical foundations of pedagogy
• Political and Economic Ethics: Societal value systems
• Hermeneutics: Interpretation in educational contexts
• Philosophy of Religion: Interfaith dialogue in curricula
• Cultural and Garden Philosophy: Ethics in everyday spaces

Recent Publications focus on interdisciplinary ethics teaching, phenomenological approaches, and child-centered philosophical methods, primarily in 2023-2025. Themes include Husserl’s legacy, virtue epistemology in Czech education, and religion’s role in secular ethics classrooms.

• Scientific Awards:
  • Cusanuswerk Stipendiat (1997-2003)
  • DAAD Postdoc Fellowship (2007/08)

Advising includes mentoring Hana Jermakova (Czech Republic), whose dissertation explores virtue epistemology in philosophy didactics. He also organizes workshops on competency-based oral assessment and hosts academic events like WIP-Talks at Vienna.