On November 12, 2025, the Head of the Department of Normativity and Human Rights Research at the IP SAS, Prof. PhDr. Tatiana Sedová, CSc., participated in a live discussion in the Symposion program on Radio Devín. The topic of the broadcast was “Norms and normativity“. The discussion was moderated by Mária Michalková and another guest was Prof. Michal Chabada from the Faculty of Arts of Comenius University in Bratislava.
Session Key Takeaways
The radio show Symposion on Radio Devín is a discussion format in which invited guests reflect on philosophical questions and their significance for contemporary man. The show deals with various topics from the field of philosophy, culture and society in regular broadcast time. The thematic evening on November 12, 2025 focused on the issue of norms and normativity in everyday life.
Prof. Tatiana Sedová entered the discussion as an expert on the issue of normativity and human rights and presented views that are based on the long-term research of her department at the Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences.
Thematic focus
In the show, the participants addressed the issues of moral, social and other norms that we commonly encounter in everyday life – often without us being directly aware of them. The discussion focused on how norms guide our behaviour and expectations towards others and what it means that certain rules are normative in nature.
Following the professional focus of the Department of Normativity and Human Rights Research of the Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, broader questions have also been raised about the sources of normativity – about what norms arise from, how they are justified and how they relate to human rights or social values.
Aim and nature of the radio programme
In character, it was a professional philosophical discussion intended for the general cultural and intellectual public. The aim of the program was to bring listeners closer to how it is possible to think about norms, normativity and their operation in a personal, social and institutional context from a philosophical perspective.
The participation of Prof. Tatiana Sedová also introduced the research focus of the Department of Normativity and Human Rights Research of the Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, which has long been involved in the analysis of the nature and sources of normativity as one of the common variables connecting philosophical topics within the individual departments of the Institute.
Final factual data
- Date and time: Wednesday 12 November 2025, 19.00 – 20.30
- Venue: radio discussion show Symposion, Radio Devín
- Organizer: Radio Devín, Symposion show
- Participation on behalf of the IP SAS: prof. PhDr. Tatiana Sedová, CSc., Head of the Department of Normativity and Human Rights Research
- Recording of the show: available in the radio archive of STVR – https://www.stvr.sk/radio/archiv/11260
