Thomas Ferretti, former LSE Philosophy Fellow, considers ethical and political issues raised by the ongoing revolution in AI and machine learning.
In his blog post ‘The Ethics and Politics of Artificial Intelligence’ Thomas Ferretti discusses new advances in AI and which ethical implications it has on daily life and policy making. Link to the article.
If an animal is sentient, we have an ethical obligation to consider its welfare. But, when it comes to invertebrate animals, there is no consensus about whether they are sentient. What can the scientific evidence tell us? And what does it mean for animal welfare policy? Andrew Crump discusses the implications of animal sentience on policy making.
We are pleased to announce that Lorenzo Sartori has been awarded The John Watkins Memorial Prize 2023 – Congratulations!
LSE Philosophy PhD Student Lorenzo Sartori has been awarded the Prize in recognition of his outstanding paper ‘Putting the “Experiment” back into the “Thought Experiment”’, which has been published in the journal Synthese.
The John Watkins Memorial Prize
The John […]
LSE Philosopher Jonathan Birch gave an interview with Undark and discussed the ethical implication of sentient AI.
As AI technology leaps forward, ethical questions sparked by human-AI interactions have taken on new urgency. In the latest interview with Jonathan Birch, Associate Professor at LSE Philosophy and expert on animal sentience, argues that the potential for conscious AI will raise […]
The World Bank has published a new policy report on the topic of fair processing of universal health care coverage. Alex Voorhoeve, Head of Department at LSE Philosophy, is one of the authors.
The new policy report is titled ‘Open and Inclusive: Fair Processes for Financing Universal Health Coverage’ and has been published by the World Bank, in collaboration […]
LSE Philosophy student Hamza King started his own Podcast!
You can find Hamza’s podcast on his YouTube Channel ‘Phlexible Philosophy’ – ‘a space between armchair and academic philosophy.’
In the first episode ‘The Ethics of Space Exploration’, Hamza sits down with Tony Milligan to discuss some of the ethical problems posed by space exploration. Tony is a Senior Researcher […]
We are pleased to announce that Lukas Beck will be joining our Department in September 2023 as LSE Fellow.
Lukas Beck is a Philosopher of Science. He is part of the working group on Scientific Assessments, Ethics and Public Policy at the MCC and a member of the Rivet Project, where he currently focuses on developing […]
Call for nominations for the 2024 Lakatos Award: Deadline: 1 September 2023.
The 2024 award will be for a monograph in the philosophy of science broadly construed, either single authored or co-authored, published in English with an imprint from 2018 to 2023, inclusive. Anthologies and edited collections are not eligible. Any person of recognised standing within the philosophy of science or […]
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is pleased to announce the winner of the 2023 Lakatos Award, which goes to Michela Massimi for her book ‘Perspectival Realism’ (Oxford University Press, 2022).
The Lakatos Award was made possible by a generous endowment from the Latsis Foundation, in memory of the former LSE professor Imre Lakatos. It is […]
A common complaint from those who are minoritised in certain domains of life, such as work, feel that their minoritised identity receives too much emphasis. Philosophers who are women might complain that they are seen as women before they are seen as philosophers. Artists who are Black might object to being called ‘Black artists’ in reviews of their […]
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