Understanding Techno-Moral Revolutions: John Danaher
John Danaher is a Senior Lecturer of Law at the National University of Ireland in Galway.

\”Understanding Techno-Moral Revolutions\”

On August 24, 2021, a talk will be held at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin for the Colloquium for the Center for Humans and Machines.

In order to evaluate and regulate new technologies such as AI and Robotics, it is common practice to apply ethical standards and norms. In fact, in recent years there has been a surge of interest regarding the ethical assessment of technology. This emerging field of machine ethic tends to ignore, however, the potential of using the development of novel technology to critically evaluate existing ethical standards and norms. History shows us that social ethics (the moral beliefs and practices common to a society) change over time. Sometimes technology has played a key role in facilitating historical moral revolutions. What will happen in the future? Can we give any meaningful answer to this question? This talk will argue that we can and will outline several tools for thinking about the mechanics of technologically-mediated moral revolutions.

The Speaker:

John Danaher, Senior Lecturer of Law at NUI Galway is an expert in the field of law. He is also the author of Automation and Utopia, published by Harvard University Press in 2019, coauthor of A Citizen’s Guide to AI, published by MIT Press in 2021 and coeditor for Robot Sex: The Social and Ethical Impacts of AI (MIT Press 2017,). His research is focused on the law and ethics of emerging technologies. He has written papers on the dangers of advanced AI, meaning of life, future of work and ethics, intersection of law with neuroscience, brain-based lie detectors, and philosophy of religion. His work has been published in The Guardian Aeon and The Philosophers’ Magazine.

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