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Launch of the Uehiro Oxford Institute
https://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2024/10/launch-of-the-uehiro-oxford-institute/
Published: October 1, 2024 09:11
Today we’re launching the Uehiro Oxford Institute – a new interdisciplinary research institute at the University of Oxford. We look forward to new collaborations, research and engagement in helping us to achieve our new mission, responding to the ethical…
Are psychedelic Experiences Intrinsically Valuable?
https://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2024/09/are-psychedelic-experiences-intrinsically-valuable/
Published: September 25, 2024 11:34
By Katherine Cheung, David B. Yaden, and Brian D. Earp Classic psychedelics, such as psilocybin and LSD, are currently being studied for their potential therapeutic impact — primarily in conjunction with some form of psychotherapy — on a variety of…
Humanising the Global Response to MPox: Lessons from COVID-19 and the Humanities?
Published: September 23, 2024 20:30
Utsa Bose (Faculty of History, University of Oxford); Alberto Giubilini (Uehiro Oxford Institute, University of Oxford) Tolulope Osayomi (Department of Geography, University of Ibadan; AfOx-TORCH Visiting Fellow, University of Oxford) Crossposted from…
Trampolining Whilst Pregnant And Women’s Autonomy
https://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2024/09/trampolining-whilst-pregnant-and-womens-autonomy/
Published: September 13, 2024 14:25
Written by Rebecca Brown There has been plenty of debate about women’s right to choose how they give birth. Some of it stems from the negative experiences of women who have felt unable to have the birth they want, instead being pressured or even coerced…
Humanizing Chatbots Is Hard To Resist — But Why?
https://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2024/08/humanizing-chatbots-is-hard-to-resist-but-why/
Published: August 30, 2024 15:08
Written by Madeline G. Reinecke (@mgreinecke) You might recall a story from a few years ago, concerning former Google software engineer Blake Lemoine. Part of Lemoine’s job was to chat with LaMDA, a large language model (LLM) in development at the time, to…
PRESS RELEASE: Oxford-led Study Calls for End to “Medically Unnecessary” Intersex Surgeries
Published: August 29, 2024 00:50
New International Consensus Calls for Healthcare Providers to Stop Performing Medically Unnecessary Genital Surgeries in Prepubertal Children and Infants, Regardless of Sex or Gender A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford’s Uehiro…
Paternalistic AI: the case of aged care
https://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2024/08/paternalistic-ai-the-case-of-aged-care/
Published: August 13, 2024 11:07
Imagine you are thirty, and you return home after a stressful day at work, wishing for a long bath to relax. After soaking in the tub for half an hour, the alarms suddenly go off, and your phone starts ringing. Your family members have been alerted by…
New publication: AI Morality
https://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2024/08/new-publication-ai-morality/
Published: August 8, 2024 12:03
Edited by David Edmonds, Distinguished Research Fellow at the Oxford Uehiro Centre, this collection of lively and accessible essays covers topics such as healthcare, employment, autonomous weapons, online advertising and much more. A philosophical task…
Philosophy in Prison: some thoughts, and doubts, about the role of philosophy
Published: August 5, 2024 09:06
By Alberto Giubilini As part of the Uehiro Oxford Institute’s initiative in collaboration with the charity Philosophy in Prison, I recently went to HMP Bronzefield to teach a philosophy class. My colleague Joanna Demaree-Cotton coordinates the initiative…
Reducing the Power of Childless Cat Ladies?
https://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2024/07/reducing-the-power-of-childless-cat-ladies/
Published: July 29, 2024 04:45
JD Vance’s 2021 comments on how the Democrats are run by “childless cat ladies” are obviously – and probably deliberately – offensive, but the broader point of his remarks is one that’s worth considering. Vance’s broader point was that people without…