Tag: ethics

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Sep 26th
2020
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Ethics & AI

This roundtable examines justice in the age of artificial intelligence, exploring questions of fairness, privacy, and decision-making when algorithms have unprecedented access to personal data. It considers how AI may reshape social equality, legal systems, and ethical frameworks in a world where anonymity is increasingly diminished.
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Feb 11th
2017
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Pain

This roundtable explores the nature of pain as both a biological signal and a subjective experience, examining how it arises, how it is processed in the nervous system, and how it relates to affect, behavior, and homeostasis. It also considers current scientific approaches to pain management, including the use and risks of analgesics such as opioids, and reflects on the ethical challenges involved in advancing pain research and treatment for both humans and other species.
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Sep 24th
2016
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Happiness

This roundtable explores the concept of happiness from philosophical, psychological, and ethical perspectives, examining how it is defined, measured, and understood across both individual experience and the span of a life. It considers questions about the relationship between pleasure and well-being, the role of happiness in relation to others’ welfare, and how contemporary approaches such as positive psychology influence broader social, economic, and policy frameworks.