Mission

The Future of Humanity Institute is the leading research centre looking at big-picture questions for human civilization. The last few centuries have seen tremendous change, and this century might transform the human condition in even more fundamental ways. Using the tools of mathematics, philosophy, and science, we explore the risks and opportunities that will arise from technological change, weigh ethical dilemmas, and evaluate global priorities. Our goal is to clarify the choices that will shape humanity�s long-term future.

HT12: Week 1

Tuesday, 17 January

Speaker: Professor Brunello Stancioli (The Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Title: From the Necessity of Being Human to the Possibility of Being whatever you want: Human Enhancement as Basic Right

Respondent: Julian Savulescu

HT12: Week 2

Tuesday, 24 January

Speaker: Dr Francesca Minerva (Centre For Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, University of Melbourne)

Title: Human enhancement and allocation of public health resources

Respondent: Alexandre Erler

HT12: Week 3

Tuesday, 31 January

Speaker: Professor Richard Ashcroft (Queen Mary, University of London)

Title: Behaviour Change: Moving the Debate On from Coercion

Respondent: Bennett Foddy

HT12: Week 4

Tuesday, 7 February

Speaker: Brian Earp (Oxford Uehiro Centre; Institute for Science and Ethics, University of Oxford)

Title: What ethics can learn from evolution -- and what it cannot: On teen sex, the war on drugs, and the neuroenhancement of human relationships

Respondent: Guy Kahane

HT12: Week 5

*PLEASE NOTE THERE IS NO SEMINAR IN WEEK 5*

HT12: Week 6

Tuesday, 21 February

Speaker: Ilse Oosterlaken (Delft University of Technoloy; 3TU Centre for Ethics and Technology)

Title: The capability approach, technology and neutrality towards the good life

Respondent: David Birks

HT12: Week 7

Tuesday, 28 February

Speaker: Dr Joanna Burch Brown

Title: Strategy Consequentialism and the Ethics of Interpersonal Conflict

Respondent: Helen de Cruz

HT12: Week 8

*PLEASE NOTE THERE IS NO SEMINAR IN WEEK 8*

James Martin Advanced Research Seminars

Date & Time: 14:00- 15:30, Weeks 1 - 8 (unless otherwise indicated).

Venue: Seminar Room 1, Oxford Martin School, Old Indian Institute, 34 Broad Street, OX1 3BD

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Please note that the programme is subject to change, and although we aim to have the presentations in order of listing, we cannot guarantee this.

To subscribe to our Seminars and Events maillist, email bep@philosophy.ox.ac.uk

Led by Professor Julian Savulescu and Dr Bennett Foddy, these seminars provide an opportunity to discuss ethical issues surrounding the future of humanity and the new biosciences. Each presentation lasts for approximately one hour (40 minutes talk and 20 minutes discussion).

See Archive Events for past seminar programmes and other events.

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