Laurence Devillairs turns philosophy into a tool for decision-making and action. Power, justice, morality and attention: she sheds light on the great human questions that also run through organisations.
A graduate of the École Normale Supérieure, agrégée and holder of a PhD in philosophy, she makes the great thinkers immediately useful for understanding, choosing and acting.
Philosopher, essayist and speaker Laurence Devillairs brings great thinkers into dialogue with contemporary challenges of power, decision-making and responsibility.
A graduate of the École Normale Supérieure, agrégée and PhD in philosophy, Laurence Devillairs specialises in moral philosophy and major seventeenth-century thinkers, especially Descartes and Pascal. Her ambition is to make philosophy immediately useful for understanding, choosing and acting.
An APM expert since 2018, she works with leaders and managers on essential questions: who decides? In whose name? What makes authority legitimate? She applies political philosophy to governance, leadership, conflict and responsibility.
In Vengeance. Le droit de ne pas pardonner, published in 2026, she explores injustice, anger, dignity and abuses of power. She questions the social injunction to forgive and places responsibility back on the person who committed the injustice.
During her Impro-Philo evenings at the Théâtre du Lucernaire, the audience chooses the questions and Laurence Devillairs builds her reasoning live. Culture, humour and improvisation make philosophy vivid, accessible and deeply embodied.
Turn philosophy into a tool for decision-making and action.
Laurence Devillairs brings great thinkers into dialogue with today’s challenges of power, decision-making, justice and responsibility.
Power, authority and leadership.
Who decides, in whose name and with what legitimacy?
Laurence Devillairs applies the great questions of political philosophy to how organisations function and how leadership is exercised.
When anger becomes a demand for justice.
In the face of certain injustices, must we really forgive? Laurence Devillairs challenges our assumptions and puts the victim, their dignity and the perpetrator's responsibility back at the centre.
Decide and act with integrity.
Morality is not simply a rule. It is an experience of freedom.
How do we make the right choice when no rule is enough? Laurence Devillairs explores courage, responsibility and the ability to remain faithful to one's values.
Making decisions in an uncertain world.
Decide without waiting for everything to become stable again.
Crises, risks and transformations: perfect balance does not exist. Laurence Devillairs shows how to preserve clarity and the ability to act when familiar reference points are shifting.
Recover our attention in a world of distraction.
We look at everything. But do we still truly see?
Hyperconnectivity, images and notifications have made attention a scarce resource. Laurence Devillairs invites us to rediscover silence, concentration and wonder.
Who has the right to be heard?
Speaking up does not necessarily mean being recognised as legitimate.
Laurence Devillairs analyses the mechanisms that have long delegitimised women's voices and questions their persistence in contemporary organisations.
Laurence Devillairs speaks at the key moments where people, performance and impact matter.
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Discover Laurence Devillairs in action: philosophy made vivid, accessible and directly connected to everyday choices.
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Laurence Devillairs explores everyday moral dilemmas and shows that acting well means going beyond self-interest, reward and the judgment of others.
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Laurence Devillairs shows that goodness is not weakness, but an act of freedom: choosing what is right even when nothing forces us to do so.
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The most ordinary expressions can reveal our relationship to life, responsibility and morality.
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