Introduction to the Ethics of Emerging Technologies

Mark Coeckelbergh is full Professor of Philosophy of Media and Technology at the University of Vienna, ERA Chair at Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences, and former President of the Society for Philosophy and Technology (SPT). He is also member of various entities that support policy development concerning AI Ethics. He is the author of numerous books including AI Ethics and Why AI Undermines Democracy.

Mark Thomas Young is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oslo. His research covers two fields; the Philosophy of Technology, where he focuses on practices of maintenance and the use of automating technologies and the History and Philosophy of Science, where he explores instruments, craft practices and tacit knowledge in the early modern period.

Wessel Reijers is a postdoctoral researcher at Paderborn University and holds visiting positions at the Technion and the European University Institute. His research focuses on the philosophy and ethics of technology, notably on the development of a critical hermeneutical approach to technology and the investigation of the role of emerging technologies in the shaping of citizenship.