Description of This Research Line
In this research line, we focus particularly on new biomedical and digital technologies. We work on the following clusters of questions.
- In which ways and to what extent are the SDTs really disrupting the human condition and our self-understanding as human beings?
- How do these disruptions challenge existing conceptualisations of ‘the human’, moral and anthropological theories, and corresponding legal frameworks?
- Which ethical theories and normative frameworks are better equipped to provide normative guidance in responding to those challenges?
The ultimate goal is to develop new ethical frameworks that integrate theories from both ethics and philosophical anthropology. In doing so, we aim to make a substantial and new contribution to already ongoing philosophical discussions about the ‘human being’, ‘humanity’, and the human condition in relation to both technology and ethics.
Related Publications
Social robots and digital well-being: how to design future artificial agents Journal Article
In: Mind & Society, vol. 21, iss. 1, pp. 37-50, 2022.
Politicizing Postphenomenology Book Chapter
In: Miller, Glen; Shew, Ashley (Ed.): pp. 141-155, Springer Cham, 1, 2022, ISBN: 978-3-030-35966-9.
Enactivism and the Paradox of Moral Perception Journal Article
In: Topoi, vol. 41, iss. 2, no. 287-298, 2022.
Meaning and Anti-Meaning in Life and What Happens After We Die Journal Article
In: Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements, vol. 90, pp. 11-31, 2021.
Related News & Media
ESDiT Research line leader Wijnand IJsselsteijn has been awarded the Distinguished NIAS-Lorentz Fellowship 2024/25
Impressions of a successful ESDIT2022 conference
Recording seminar ‘Grounding ethics through attention: Murdoch, Weil, and Zen Buddhism’ now online
Related Events
Online seminar on ‘Repurposing Persuasive Technologies for Digital Well-Being’
Within the ESDiT (Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies) project, the working group on “Attention Economy” organizes an online seminar on “Repurposing Persuasive Technologies for Digital Well-Being” “Attending as practice in the attention economy”.
Online seminar on ‘The attention of ethics’
Within the ESDiT (Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies) project, the working group on “Attention Economy” organizes an online seminar on ‘The attention of ethics’ as part of the series “Attending as practice in the attention economy”.
People Involved
Research Line Leaders
Research Line Coordinator
Participants
| Prof. dr. Joel Anderson |
| Dr. Dina Babushkina |
| Caroline Bollen |
| Dr. Gunter Bombaerts |
| Prof. dr. Jan Broersen |
| Kristy Claassen |
| Dr. Matthew Dennis |
| Dr. Lily Frank |
| Cindy Friedman |
| Dr. Nolen Gertz |
| Dr. Julia Hermann |
| Prof. dr. Wijnand IJsselsteijn |
| Dr. Naomi Jacobs |
| Prof. dr. Catholijn Jonker |
| Dr. Annemarie Kalis |
| Dr. Bart Kamphorst |
| Steven Kraaijeveld |
| Dr. Olya Kudina |
| Dr. Daniel Lakens |
| Dr. Sven Nyholm |
| Dr. Giulia Perugia |
| Prof. dr. Nicolas Ramsey |
| Dr. Filippo Santoni de Sio |
| Prof. dr. Floortje Scheepers |
| Prof. dr. Chris Snijders |
| Dr. Andreas Spahn |
| Prof. dr. Stefano Stramigioli |
| Ans Tummers-Heemels |
| Dr. Janna van Grunsven |
| Anna van Oosterzee |
| Dr. Birna van Riemsdijk |
| Prof. dr. Peter-Paul Verbeek |
| Dr. Christopher Wareham |
| Dr. Sander Werkhoven |
| Dr. Lucie White |
