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Matthew Dennis is an Assistant Professor in Ethics of Technology in the Philosophy and Ethics Group at TU Eindhoven. He holds a PhD in philosophy from the universities of Warwick and Monash, and has worked as a postdoctoral researcher at TU Delft and TU Eindhoven. In addition to his academic research, he has also...
Ethical Intelligence is an ethics consultancy service that specializes in operationalizing AI ethics across product development and data life cycles. The interview was conducted in November 2022. 4TU.Ethics Blog: Could you please tell us a little bit about yourself, how you became interested in ethics and technology, and how you ended up as the...
Historically, ethical theory and moral practice have found many different forms of expression. The ancient Greeks, for instance, relied on the moral judgments and prophecies of the priestesses of the cult of Pythia, also known as the Oracle of Delphi. Greek philosopher Aristotle consulted Alexander the Great about morality, religion, logic, and art. In...
Welcome to the first blogpost of the 4TU.Ethics Alumni Network series! For our first blogpost, we’re interviewing Shannon Spruit, 4TU.Ethics graduate and co-founder of Populytics. Background: How it all started? Shannon started her academic career studying biomedical sciences. What struck her since the very beginning was the lack of attention to any sort of...
Welcome to the first introductory blogpost of the 4TU.Ethics Alumni Network! The Alumni Network project was first developed in the final months of 2021 and is now back on track to organize exciting events and activities in 2023. But first of all, you might be wondering, why set up an Alumni Network? As I’ve...
The interview took place on September 23, 2022. Leon Rossmaier: What is your vision of 4TU.Ethics in terms of its research agenda and its educational role? Marcel Verweij: We are currently only in the process of thinking and developing a strategy. However, I think that over the last couple of years our graduate school...
Health is a very important value. The scientific discipline of the human exposome aims to map and measure our environment to study its impact on health, aiming to predict future diseases and prevent their onset. The work of historian-philosopher Michel Foucault shows that science is not solely an objective and rational practice, but highly...
Leonardo Da Vinci’s flying machines. Self-cleaning paint. A Japanese bullet train. Velcro strap. What do these things have in common? Hard to say from mere appearance. But if one looks closely enough (close enough to look at the micro-scale in some cases), they are all technologies inspired by nature. Birds’ wings, lotus leaves, the...
This series of blog posts is the result of the 4TU.Ethics’ PhD course “Philosophies of Technology”. The course aims to introduce students to classic themes, concepts, and authors in the ethics and philosophy of technology. Students gain the opportunity to engage in discussions with invited lecturers of the 4TU.Ethics community who represent a particular...
Should I stop watering the garden in dry summers? Can I take the car to go to the supermarket when it rains? But also, much more pressing: should we consider relocating to avoid flood risk? Should we save up for buying a rainwater harvesting tank or invest in growing more drought resilience crops? Do...
Responsible artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the recent hot-topics in AI. AI seems here to stay and (arguably) has the potential to greatly improve our lives. But these promises come together with risks: what if AI makes decisions that negatively impact us? To avoid this, we should develop responsible AI: algorithms we can...
The availability of potable water from traditional freshwater sources, such as ground and surface water, is declining radically. As a result, research has expanded its focus to new potable water sources. One of them is wastewater – meaning water that has been used already by, among others, households. This used water stems from the...
