Philosophical Disquisitions

A common claim in the philosophy of technology is that technologies can alter social values. That is to say, technologies can change both how we perceive and understand values, and the way in which we prioritise and pursue them. A classic example is...

A while back, I interviewed the philosopher Jessica Flanigan about her views on teaching and research. The interview was part of my series on the ethics of academia. In the midst of that interview, I asked her a question that I asked many of my guests...

The Romans in their Decadence - by Thomas Couture
I have a new paper in a special edition of the journal Cognition. It's about generative AI and its capacity to affect how we understand and pursue the value of equality. The paper is part of my ongoing work on how technology can affect social morality...

It's now possible, with the right set of training data, for anyone to create a digital copy of anyone. Some people have already done this as part of research projects, and employers are proposing to do it for employees. What are the ethics of this practice...