On May 25th and 26th, 2023, the Research Center in Applied Ethics (CCEA) will host the Bucharest – Oxford – Singapore Conference on Applied Ethics (BOS3) at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest. This event will bring together renowned researchers from the University of Oxford, the National University of Singapore, and the University of Bucharest. The conference will address various topics including the ethics of (bio)human enhancement technologies, neurotechnologies, effective altruism and impartial beneficence, relational moral autonomy, ethics of vaccination, ethics of artificial intelligence, virtual reality and avatar use, ethics of digital afterlife, as well as the moral value of technology in the process of self-knowledge and narrative identity construction.
25 May, Human Enhancement
Mircea Florian Lecture Hall, Faculty of Philosophy
Julian Savulescu (Centre for Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore) – Future prospects of human enhancement, 10.00 – 11.00
Ivar Hannikainen (University of Granada) – Why means matter morally: Understanding opposition to biotechnological enhancement, 11.00 – 11.30
Coffee break 11.30-11.45
Jonathan Pugh (Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics) – Neurostimulation & enhancement in sport, 11.45 – 12.15
Constantin Vică (CCEA, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest) – What can we learn from technological determinism ─& its enemies─ for the enhancement project?, 12.15 – 12.45
Coffee break 12.45 – 13.00
Anda Zahiu & Emilian Mihailov (CCEA, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest) – Virtual reality punishment, 13.00 – 13.30
Alexandra Zorilă & Cristian Iftode (CCEA, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest) – Alright, we’ll call it a draw – Authenticity and autonomy colliding, scenarios, hard cases, 13.30-14.00
26 May, Applied Ethics – Work in progress
Mircea Florian Lecture Hall, Faculty of Philosophy
Brian Earp (Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics) – Relational morality, psychology of impartial beneficence, 10.00-10.30
Muriel Leuenberger (Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics) – The value and ethics of self-knowledge through technology, 10.30 – 11.00
Emanuel Socaciu (CCEA, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest) – Is there a politics of effective altruism? 11.00 – 11.30
Coffee break 11.30-11.45
Cristina Voinea (CCEA, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest) – Dead, but not gone! Grief and grieving in the age of AI, 11.45 – 12.15
Alberto Giubilini (Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics) – What is (so special about) a vaccine? 12.15 – 12.45
Coffee break 12.45 – 13.00
Viktor Savchenko (Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics) – Prohibition for interference with private life, 13.00 – 13.30
Mihaela Constantinescu (CCEA, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest) – Avatar agency and moral responsibility, 13.30 – 14.00
17.30 – 19.00 Guest Lecture: Roger Crisp (Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics) – What Matters in Survival? On reductionism and well-being (Lecture Hall, University House)
19.00 Dinner in the garden and on the terrace of the University House (provided by the University of Bucharest).
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