Peter Jošt

Petr Jošt is a PhD student at the Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences, University of Hradec Králové, having earned a Master’s degree in Philosophy and a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Sociology from Palacký University Olomouc. His dissertation examines the practical challenges of moral enhancement, focusing on tools amenable to empirical testing. During his upcoming visit to the Uehiro Oxford Institute, his research will address the conceptual and methodological obstacles facing biomedical moral enhancement. Specifically, he aims to explore how the current reliance on imprecise folk psychology—rather than a unified formal cognitive ontology—complicates the definition, measurement, and potential modification of key moral dispositions. Petr’s broader academic interests include applied ethics, bioethics, and speculative bioethics, with particular attention to issues of prediction, regulation, and public understanding of emerging biotechnologies. He also works on early modern philosophy, especially the French Enlightenment and 18th-century French mechanical materialism.