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Showler’s Pragmatic Approach to Moral StatusPhilosophy and Technology 37 (2): 1-5. 2024.This commentary critically evaluates Showler’s pragmatic approach to moral status, which integrates moral individualism and moral relationalism to address the moral complexities surrounding non-human entities, especially social robots. Showler proposes a unified methodology that delineates distinct roles for each theory—moral coordination problems for moral individualism and moral transformation for moral relationalism. However, my commentary identifies key methodological ambiguities and potenti…Read more
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31Artificial Intelligence and the future of workAI and Society 1-7. forthcoming.In this paper, we delve into the significant impact of recent advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the future landscape of work. We discuss the looming possibility of mass unemployment triggered by AI and the societal repercussions of this transition. Despite the challenges this shift presents, we argue that it also unveils opportunities to mitigate social inequalities, combat global poverty, and empower individuals to follow their passions. Amidst this discussion, we also touch upon …Read more
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28Morality and Justice: Reading Boylan's a Just Society (edited book)Lexington Books. 2009.The essays in this book engage the original and controversial claims from Michael Boylan's A Just Society. Each essay discusses Boylan's claims from a particular chapter and offers a critical analysis of these claims. Boylan responds to the essays in his lengthy and philosophically rich reply.
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8Poverty, Human Rights, and just DistributionIn Michael Boylan (ed.), International Public Health Policy and Ethics, Springer Verlag. pp. 147-157. 2023.PovertyPoverty is a serious threat for human beings and their well-beingWell-being. People are simply unable to live a good life when they are faced with severe problems, e.g., bad education, poor housing, poor sanitationSanitation, poor hygiene, or malnourishment. However, one of the most urgent problems with regard to poverty is badHealth/ healthcare, right toaccess access to primary health careGlobal healthcare and the allocation of health care resources for millions of people around the worl…Read more
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9Future Law, Ethics, and Smart Technologies: The Future of Legal Education (edited book)BRILL. 2023.The edited volume _Future Law, Ethics, and Smart Technologies_ is a comprehensive interdisciplinary textbook for students, particularly law students, who want to become familiar with the complex issues at the intersection of law, ethics, and smart technologies.
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2Theoria, EarlyView.
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62Reconciling female genital circumcision with universal human rightsDeveloping World Bioethics 18 (3): 222-232. 2017.One of the most challenging issues in cross-cultural bioethics concerns the long-standing socio-cultural practice of female genital circumcision, which is prevalent in many African countries and the Middle East as well as in some Asian and Western countries. It is commonly assumed that FGC, in all its versions, constitutes a gross violation of the universal human rights of health, physical integrity, and individual autonomy and hence should be abolished. This article, however, suggests a mediati…Read more
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52Indignity and Old AgeBioethics 32 (4): 223-232. 2018.This article examines the nature of human dignity against the background of old age and introduces the novel idea of treating human dignity as a formal principle related to the more foundational notion of indignity. The discussion starts with the objection that the notion of human dignity can be used to justify contrary positions and is therefore inconclusive. This pitfall can be averted by appealing to the notion of indignity rather than dignity in one's moral reasoning and decision‐making. Cas…Read more
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7Artificial Intelligence and Business EthicsIn Deborah C. Poff & Alex C. Michalos (eds.), Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics, Springer Verlag. pp. 134-138. 2021.
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17The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Human Rights Legislation: A Plea for an AI ConventionSpringer Nature Switzerland. 2023.The unmatched technological achievements in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, computer science, and related fields over the last few decades can be considered a success story. The technological sophistication has been so groundbreaking in various types of applications that many experts believe that we will see, at some point or another, the emergence of general AI (AGI) and, eventually, superintelligence. This book examines the impact of AI on human rights by focusing on potential risks an…Read more
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34Moral expertise revisitedBioethics 37 (6): 533-542. 2023.In recent years, there has been a lively (bio-)ethical debate on the nature of moral expertise and the concept of moral experts. However, there is currently no common ground concerning most issues. Against this background, this paper has two main goals. First, in more general terms, it examines some of the problems concerning moral expertise and experts, with a special focus on moral advice and testimony. Second, it applies the results in the context of medical ethics, especially in the clinical…Read more
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8Moralische Orientierung: Eine kurze Philosophie des guten LebensVerlag Karl Alber. 2021.Das vorliegende Buch ist nicht nur ein anspruchsvoller philosophischer Ratgeber mit Blick auf das gute Leben in Zeiten der Orientierungslosigkeit, sondern eine Hommage an die Philosophie und die Relevanz des philosophischen Denkens für unser alltägliches Leben. Der antike Philosoph Sokrates hat einmal gesagt, dass ein Leben, das nicht hinterfragt wird, nicht lebenswert sei. Damit meint er, dass man seine eigenen Handlungen und die ethisch-moralische Ausrichtung seines Lebens bzw. seiner eigenen …Read more
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Human dignity, human rights, and global bioethicsIn Wanda Teays, John-Stewart Gordon & Alison Dundes Renteln (eds.), Global Bioethics and Human Rights: Contemporary Issues, Rowman & Littlefield. 2014.
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Introduction to Part I: Theoretical perspectivesIn Wanda Teays, John-Stewart Gordon & Alison Dundes Renteln (eds.), Global Bioethics and Human Rights: Contemporary Issues, Rowman & Littlefield. 2014.
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Introduction to Part II: Human rightsIn Wanda Teays, John-Stewart Gordon & Alison Dundes Renteln (eds.), Global Bioethics and Human Rights: Contemporary Issues, Rowman & Littlefield. 2014.
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6Hans Jonas. Zur Diskussion seiner Denkwege (edited book)logos. 2017.Nicht viele Philosophen haben eine solch große Resonanz in der Öffentlichkeit erfahren wie Hans Jonas. Das lag nicht ausschließlich an seinem Bestseller "Das Prinzip Verantwortung", der 1979/80 zu einem Medienereignis wurde. Jonas' Verdienst war es, eine ethische Debatte über die Zukunft des Menschen befeuert zu haben, die den Zeitgeist traf. Doch sind die Ideen von Hans Jonas heute noch zeitgemäß? Wie haben sich einzelne Themen weiterentwickelt? Der vorliegende Band diskutiert die Denkwege von …Read more
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13Ethik als MethodeVerlag Karl Alber. 2019.Die Vorstellung, dass sich alle ethischen Probleme mit nur einem Moralprinzip auflosen lassen, kann niemals der Komplexitat der moralischen Wirklichkeit gerecht werden. Dieses Buch stellt sich damit gegen einen erheblichen Teil der ethischen Tradition. Es ist leitende Uberzeugung, dass die traditionellen ethischen Theorien zwar jeweils einen Teilaspekt der moralischen Wirklichkeit richtig herausarbeiten - in der Anwendung jedoch falschlicherweise geglaubt wird, dass die Theorie grundsatzlich das…Read more
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83Are superintelligent robots entitled to human rights?Ratio 35 (3): 181-193. 2022.Ratio, Volume 35, Issue 3, Page 181-193, September 2022.
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19The African Relational Account of Social Robots: a Step Back?Philosophy and Technology 35 (2): 1-6. 2022.
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16Human Rights and Disability: Interdisciplinary PerspectivesRoutledge. 2016.The formerly established medically-based idea of disability, with its charity-based approach to treatment and services, is being replaced by a human rights-based approach in which people with impairments are no longer considered medical problems, totally dependent on the beneficence of non-impaired people in society, but have fundamental rights to support, inclusion, and participation. This interdisciplinary book examines the diverse concerns that people with impairments face in the context of h…Read more
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11Global Ethics and Moral Responsibility: Hans Jonas and His CriticsRoutledge. 2014.The philosophy of Hans Jonas was widely influential in the late twentieth century, warning of the potential dangers of technological progress and its negative effect on humanity and nature. Jonas advocated greater moral responsibility and taking this as a starting point, leading international scholars and experts on his work suggest original and promising solutions to current ethical issues within the context of his philosophy. The book considers the vital intersection between law and global eth…Read more
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6This volume brings together a group of researchers from different European countries and disciplines who are involved in Clinical Ethics Consultation. The work provides a discussion on the theories and methods underlying CEC and on the issues of implementation and evaluation.
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20Hans Jonas-Handbuch: Leben – Werk – Wirkung (edited book)J.B. Metzler. 2021.Hans Jonas ist einer der bedeutenden Denker des 20. Jahrhunderts. Das Handbuch erklärt die philosophischen, theologischen und naturwissenschaftlichen Kontexte, die sein Denken geprägt haben. Es präsentiert neben Informationen zur Biographie und den zeitgenössischen Bezügen alle wichtigen Werke und gibt Hinweise zu deren internationaler Rezeption in vielen Disziplinen. Zentrale Begriffe und Konzepte im Gesamtwerk von Hans Jonas werden ausführlich erklärt. Das internationale Autorenteam der über 5…Read more
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87Moral Status and Intelligent RobotsSouthern Journal of Philosophy 60 (1): 88-117. 2021.The Southern Journal of Philosophy, Volume 60, Issue 1, Page 88-117, March 2022.
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47Kantianism and the Problem of Child Sex RobotsJournal of Applied Philosophy 39 (1): 132-147. 2021.Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
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62AI and law: ethical, legal, and socio-political implicationsAI and Society 36 (2): 403-404. 2021.
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310Ethics of Artificial IntelligenceInternet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2021.Ethics of Artificial Intelligence This article provides a comprehensive overview of the main ethical issues related to the impact of Artificial Intelligence on human society. AI is the use of machines to do things that would normally require human intelligence. In many areas of human life, AI has rapidly and significantly affected human society … Continue reading Ethics of Artificial Intelligence →
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90Moral Philosophers Are Moral Experts! A Reply to David ArchardBioethics 28 (4): 203-206. 2012.In his article ‘Why Moral Philosophers Are Not and Should Not Be Moral Experts’ David Archard attempts to show that his argument from common-sense morality is more convincing than other competing arguments in the debate. I examine his main line of argumentation and eventually refute his main argument in my reply
John-Stewart Gordon
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
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Lithuanian University of Health SciencesOther (Part-time)