Lecture: Nanoethics - Ethical and Social Implications of Nanotechnology
Please join us for a lecture on nanotechnology and ethics by Dr. James Moor, Professor of Philosophy at Dartmouth College and adjunct professor with The Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (Australian National University).
Dr. Moor is well-published in the fields of computer ethics, philosophy of artificial intelligence, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science as well as logic. His books include Nanoethics: The Ethical and Social Implications of Nanotechnology (MIT Press, 2007), The Logic Book (McGraw-Hill, 2004), The Turing Test: The Elusive Standard of Artificial Intelligence (Kluwer Academic, 2003), Cyberphilosophy: The Intersection of Computing and Philosophy (Basil Blackwell, 2002), and The Digital Phoenix: How Computers Are Changing Philosophy (Basil Blackwell, 1998). He is an editor of the new journal NanoEthics: Ethics for Technologies that Converge at the Nanoscale as well as Minds and Machines, and he serves on the editorial board for Ethics and Information Technology and Information, Communication & Ethics in Society. Dr. Moor is currently president of the International Society for Ethics and Information Technology (INSEIT) and also affiliated with a number of other professional organizations such as Society for Machines and Mentality, APA Committee on Philosophy and Computers, and many others.
Organized by the IGERT Program in Nanotechnology Innovation. Co-sponsored by the Science, Technology and Society Initiative.