As inequalities soar and the concentration of wealth lacerates the social fabric of traditional welfare state societies, the exploitative nature of late-stage capitalism has drawn the attention of a new generation of political philosophers, both in the critical and the analytical tradition.

In its turn, democracy provides the natural environment for the protection and effective realization of human rights.

The Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society is a research unit of the Institute of Arts and Humanities at the University of Minho. The Centre aims to produce high-level scientific research.

The Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society is the only research centre in Portugal exclusively dedicated to the areas of Political Philosophy and Ethics.