A5040600456- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
- Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations
- Ethics in Business and Education
- Philosophical Ethics and Theory
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Free Will and Agency
- Ethics in medical practice
- Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
- War, Ethics, and Justification
- Law in Society and Culture
- Philosophy and History of Science
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
- Neonatal and Maternal Infections
- Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
- History of Science and Medicine
- Theology and Philosophy of Evil
- Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments
- Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms
- COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing
- Education and Critical Thinking Development
- Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
Delft University of Technology
2019-2024
Oxfam
2022
Radboud University Nijmegen
2022
Ethics and Public Policy Center
2019-2020
Utrecht University
2016-2018
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
2011
Düsseldorf University Hospital
2011
Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene
2005-2007
University of Duisburg-Essen
2004
University of Rostock
2004
This paper focuses on the opportunities and ethical societal risks posed by advanced AI assistants. We define assistants as artificial agents with natural language interfaces, whose function is to plan execute sequences of actions behalf a user, across one or more domains, in line user's expectations. The starts considering technology itself, providing an overview assistants, their technical foundations potential range applications. It then explores questions around value alignment,...
Abstract Generative AI enables automated, effective manipulation at scale. Despite the growing general ethical discussion around generative AI, specific risks remain inadequately investigated. This article outlines essential inquiries encompassing conceptual, empirical, and design dimensions of manipulation, pivotal for comprehending curbing risks. By highlighting these questions, underscores necessity an appropriate conceptualisation to ensure responsible development technologies.
Ever-increasing numbers of human interactions with intelligent software agents, online and offline, their increasing ability to influence humans have prompted a surge in attention toward the concept (online) manipulation. Several scholars argued that manipulative is always hidden. But manipulation sometimes overt, when this acknowledged distinction between other forms social becomes problematic. Therefore, we need better conceptualisation allows it be overt yet clearly distinct from related...
According to some philosophers of technology, technology embodies moral values in virtue its functional properties and the intentions designers. But this paper shows that such an account makes supposedly embedded epistemically opaque it does not allow for change. Therefore, overcome these shortcomings, introduces novel Affordance Account Value Embedding as a superior alternative. Accordingly, artefacts bear affordances, is, make certain actions likelier given circumstances. Based on...
Digital tracing technologies are heralded as an effective way of containing SARS-CoV-2 faster than it is spreading, thereby allowing the possibility easing draconic measures population-wide quarantine. But existing technological proposals risk addressing wrong problem. The proper objective not
The power of technology to transform religions, science, and political institutions has often been presented as nothing short revolutionary. Does have a similarly transformative influence on societies' morality? Scholars not rigorously investigated the role in moral revolutions, even though existing research technomoral change suggests that this may be considerable. In paper, we explore what understood processes radical group-level change, amounts to. We do so by investigating four...
Moral philosophy continues to be enriched by an ongoing empirical turn, mainly through contributions from neuroscience, biology, and psychology. Thus far, cultural anthropology has largely been missing. A recent rapidly growing 'ethical turn' within now explicitly systematically studies morality. This research report aims introduce audience in moral several notable works the ethical turn. It does so critically discussing turn's four topics: definition of morality, nature change progress,...
The bacterial human pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococci, GAS) is able to adhere to, internalize into and cross-talk on multiple levels with its host cells. To gain insight the Fas function in pathogenesis we used Affymetrix genome DNA-arrays measure temporal global transcriptional responses of HEp-2 cells infected M49 S. wild-type bacteria ΔfasX, an isogenic two-component-signal-transduction system mutant. modified stringent statistical analysis method identified a total 86...
Responsible innovation in generative AI requires an in-depth understanding of the ethical risk that these models pose. Generative promises automated, effective influence at scale. It can be used for good but poses a significant manipulation risk. That has not yet examined detail yet, which is omission because serious legal and moral concerns about AI. Therefore, this article outlines partial research agenda to answer questions enable responsible, non-manipulative use The takes design...
Abstract The standard way to test alternative descriptive theories of moral judgment is by asking subjects evaluate (amongst others) sacrificial dilemmas, where acting classifies as a utilitarian and not deontological judgment. Previous research uncovered many situational factors that alter subject’s judgments without affecting which type action utilitarianism or deontology would recommend. This literature review provides systematic analysis the experimental on influence in dilemmas. It...
Digital tracing technologies are heralded as an effective way of containing SARS-CoV-2 faster than it is spreading, thereby allowing the possibility easing draconic measures population-wide quarantine. But existing technological proposals risk addressing wrong problem. The objective not solely to maximise ratio people freed from quarantine but also ensure that composition group fair. We identify several factors pose a for fair along with analysis general lessons philosophy technology....
Abstract In the last few decades, several philosophers have written on topic of moral revolutions, distinguishing them from other kinds society-level change. This article surveys recent accounts revolutions in philosophy. Different authors use quite different criteria to pick out revolutions. Features treated as relevant include radicality, depth or fundamentality, pervasiveness, novelty and particular causes. We also characterize factors that been proposed cause including anomalies existing...
Abstract I make a case for distinguishing clearly between subjective and objective accounts of undercutting defeat rejecting hybrid view that takes both elements to be relevant whether or not belief is defeated. Moderate subjectivists claim taking defeated sufficient the defeated; subjectivist idealists add if an idealised agent then Subjectivist idealism evades some objections levelled against moderate subjectivism but can shown yield inconsistent results in cases. Both subjectivisms should...