👀 Coming to an End - An interactive museum experience 06-15 November 2025, Ashmolean Museum Take part in a self-guided museum trail exploring issues of death, dying and end-of-life care. www.antitheses.net/events/comin... Part of @beinghumanfest.bsky.social

The 2025 Being Human Festival programme is now live! 💫 This year's festival runs from 6 - 15 November 2025. With over 220 events taking place in 46 towns and cities across the UK, there is a wide range of events to suit everyone's curiosities. Programme highlights: bit.ly/3IsbVWI #BeingHuman2025

A warm welcome to Rebecca, who is visiting us from Utretch University! Her interdisciplinary PhD project addresses the key questions of whether and how nudges interfere with autonomous thought processes; and how legal actors should assess the permissibility of how nudges affect autonomy.

The 2026 #PERC video competition is now OPEN! If questions about our responsibility to others & our planet make you think & you are in the UK in school years 11-13 this is the competition for you. More details: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/perc #Competition #ethics #philosophy #REchatUK #Alevelphilosophy

🎙️AI and Mental Health: Alberto Giubilini joins Michele De Prisco on the Brains On Brains podcast from @ecnp.eu Can AI act as a moral advisor in psychiatry? What consent and equity dilemmas do we face? Should we fear or embrace these tools? youtu.be/1b-azyBd3A8?... #ethics #mentalhealth #AIEthics

We're super pleased to welcome @isernmas.bsky.social back to the UOI, who is visiting us from the University of the Balearic Islands, where Carme is an Assistant Professor in #MoralPhilosophy We hope you have a great time in Oxford, Carme! #ethics #practicalethics

A new experimental blog series by Hazem Zohny, Practically Prompted, uses large language models (LLMs) to write a Practical Ethics blog-style post, with some light human commentary about the output. Head to our blog to read more: blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk #Ethics #PracticalEthics #AIethics

We're pleased to welcome @existwell.bsky.social to Oxford! David is Associate Professor at #JohnHopkinsUniversity with a research focus on psychedelic and psychedelic-like mental states. Specifically, how brief experiences can occasionally result in long-term changes to well-being. #practicalethics

A new open access paper from Katrien Devolder, @joshrottman.bsky.social, @qinyuxiao.bsky.social, Guy Kahane, Lucius Caviola, Lauren Yip & @nadirafaber.bsky.social explores public views on the creation and treatment of human-animal chimeras. doi.org/10.1007/s116... #ethics #chimeras #publicscience

Call for participants! Brainstorming AI Risks and Solutions: Interactive Workshop with Nokia Bell Labs' Social and Responsible AI Team. Participants wanted to join for a collaborative session using proven strategic foresight techniques. ONLINE 22 and 26 August. social-dynamics.net/interventions

Sanja Šćepanović (Nokia Bell Labs) and Alberto Giubilini presenting a 'Perspective Pairing' session at the Oxford Summer Academy for the Social Science of Health Innovation, organised by the @oxprimarycare.bsky.social For more info: www.phc.ox.ac.uk/events/oxfor... #health #innovation

Over the last 8 weeks we've explored the Ethics of AI through questions about #privacy, #labour, #relationships, moral agency and the systems we’re building. Join us for 1 final class reflecting with Hazem Zohny on what AI ethics is really asking us to consider. www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/bitesize-eth...

Tom Douglas and @dralexispaton.bsky.social discuss the ethics of chemical castration with Anne McElvoy on Across the Red Line. Listen in here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #chemicalcastration #ethics #conflictresolution

Should we ever automate moral decision making? If so, under which conditions? And what might the process look like? Join @cristinavoi.bsky.social to discuss online for our eighth #Bitesize class on Automated Moral Reasoning. www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/bitesize-eth... #PhilosophyMatters #aiethics

The UOI's Journal of Practical Ethics is now on bsky: Check it out here: @practicalethics.bsky.social #PhilosophyMatters #academicsky #openaccess #inclusive @oxhumanities.bsky.social @ethoxcentre.bsky.social

What does it mean for AI to be environmentally and socially sustainable? Find out with Nokia Bell Lab's Sanja Scepanovic tomorrow in the next instalment of Bitesize's 'Ethics in the age of AI'. www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/bitesize-eth... #SustainableAI #ethics @oxhumanities.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk

We're delighted to welcome @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social to the position of Senior Researcher in Moral Psychology and Design Bioethics, at the Uehiro Oxford Institute. Read more about Kathryn here: www.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-ka... #morality #emergingtech #ethics #welcome

Are we better or worse off because of smartphones? What are our interactional duties and responsibilities in this phone-based world? Join us online tomorrow at 12:35 UK time to learn more. All are welcome! www.uehiro/bitesize-eth... #ethics #bitesize #freeeducation #OnlineLearning #smartphones

Have you recently completed your doctorate and are looking for your next steps in ethics? Consider applying for a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship through the UOI! Deadline for EOIs: 6th August www.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/british-acad... #ethics #fellowships #funding

Jen's video is now available on YouTube here: youtu.be/xTlKK8Z9Ux0?... @jensemler.bsky.social #AIethics #ethics #LLMs #morality #machinelearning

Roger Crisp introduces his new book 'What is the point of moral philosophy?' edited with Ingmar Persson & @juliansavulescu.bsky.social. ISBN 9781032802558 youtube.com/shorts/uikew... #ethics #metaethics

UOI director Roger Crisp is looking forward to providing a plenary session on 'Ethics and Business Ethics' at the Society for Business Ethics 2025 Annual Meeting tomorrow, alongside many other colleagues from Oxford. sbeonline.org/conference/2... #ethics #PhilosophyMatters

The Ethox Centre is hiring a researcher from the Humanities/ Social Sciences disciplines, to join the Wellcome Trust funded discovery project 'After the end: Lived experiences & aftermaths of Diseases, Disasters & Drugs in global health'. 🗓️Deadline 1st Sept www.ethox.ox.ac.uk/opportunitie...

Can we teach ethics to machines? And if we can, should we? Join @jensemler.bsky.social online on Wednesday 23rd to find out more... uehiro.web.ox.ac.uk/bitesize-eth... #Bitesize #ethics #AI #onlineeducation #PhilosophyMatters

A warm welcome to José-Antonio Seoane, Full Professor of Philosophy of Law at the Universidade da Coruña (Spain) and a member of the Spanish Bioethics Committee, who joins us for one month. Prof Seoane has certainly brought great weather with him!

Could AI replace humans in some of the work through which we find meaning in our lives – work like scientific research and the creation of art? How could humans respond to this threat to wellbeing? Join us today at 12:35 to discuss. www.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/bitesize-eth... #Bitesize #Philosophy

Last week, the UOI's Senior Research Fellow Lisa Forsberg was at the 10th anniversary conference for the #Diversityreadinglist in #philosophy The DRL collects high quality texts in philosophy written by authors from under-represented groups, which you can find here: diversityreadinglist.org

What is #privacy? What counts as personal information? And why is privacy important? #Bitesize Ethics speaker Helena Ward introduces some of the current problems that AI raises for privacy: join us online next Wednesday to find out more: www.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/bitesize-eth...

Thank you again to all our sponsors for helping us put this conference together and gather such a brilliant group of people! @uehiro.ox.ac.uk, @uomsoss.bsky.social, Manchester Met, the Analysis Trust, The Mind Association, @standrewsphil.bsky.social, and the Society for Applied Philosophy

TONIGHT! If you're in Oxford join us in the #UPP for a screening of The Sea Inside, followed by a discussion on the ethics of #death, dying and #end-of-life care with Alberto Giubilini, Angeliki Kerasidou (@oxpop.bsky.social) & Victoria Bradley (OU Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust). #PhilosophyMatters

The 2025 Parfit Memorial Lecture given by Prof Jacob Nebel is now available on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FIx... You may also be interested in the accompanying blog post by UOI student Paul Heller, where he unpacks some of the puzzles: blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2025/07/2025... #Parfit

The UOI is happy to be part of the 2024-2025 Torch-AfOx fellowship, with Alberto Giubilini hosting Dennis Masaka. While in Oxford, Dennis worked on his manuscript about collective responsibility and land redistribution in Zimbabwe. #ethics #practicalethics #AfOx

Tomorrow @mgreinecke.bsky.social ‬continues our Bitesize Ethics summer programme with 'The Ethics of Human-AI Relationships'. Join us to explore the psychological and ethical nuances in our relationships with machines. www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/bitesize-eth... #PhilosophyMatters #ethics

St Cross Uehiro lecture: “Rock star moralist” (Newsweek) Prof. Michael Sandel discusses #meritocracy beyond its seemingly positive connotation, providing an analysis of current socio-political issues in the light of what he calls ‘the tyranny of merit”. 👀 www.youtube.com/live/mv6Cg_3... #ethics

Reviewing the 14-day rule for human embryo research: we're delighted that UOI scholar César Palacios-Gonzáles has joined the @nuffieldbioethics.bsky.social Oversight Group to oversee the public dialogue – providing challenge, guidance and advice on its scope, design and delivery. ➡️🔗 bit.ly/3TcUGKJ

Join us tomorrow for our first Bitesize class of 2025 - the Ethics of AI: key questions for our changing world. With Dr Hazem Zohny. Register here: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/bitesize-eth... #AI #ethics #bias #accountability #culture

Just one week to go before #BitesizeEthics 2025! We're really looking forward to some great discussions and new perspectives on Ethics in the Age of AI. No experience necessary to take part, and there's still time to register: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/bitesize-eth... @torchoxford.bsky.social #AIethics

We're delighted to welcome our colleague Anna Lena Strauss from ‪@unibonn.bsky.social, here for a short visit to work collaboratively on a new campaign on 'Women in Ethics'. Tell us who you think we should feature! #womeninethics #PhilosophyMatters #ethics

2025 Parfit Memorial Lecture - join us next Monday (16th) for Prof Jacob Nebel's talk 'The Procreation Asymmetry: Some Puzzles'. Details and registration here: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/event/2025-p... @torchoxford.bsky.social #Parfit #PhilosophyMatters #ProcreationAsymmetry #ethics

We'd like to welcome Professor Saul Smilansky to the UOI for a short academic visit. Saul is Professor at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Haifa, Israel. He works primarily on normative and applied ethics, the free will problem, and meaning in life. #Ethics #PracticalEthics

We're delighted to be hosting Marcus T.L. Teo at the UOI for a short academic visit. Marcus is a PhD Candidate at the Centre for Biomedical Ethics (CBmE) in the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. We hope you have a lovely time in Oxford! #Ethics #PracticalEthics

We're delighted to be hosting Professor Julia Driver from @universityoftexas.bsky.social at the UOI! She works in normative ethics, moral psychology, and metaethics and is currently working on a book on moral blame as a response to violations of normative expectations. #ethics #practicalethics

A warm welcome to Katya, visiting us from Monash University to complete her research on 'Must doctors be good people?' We hope you enjoy your time at the UOI and in Oxford, Katya! #Ethics #PracticalEthics

Want to learn more about the ethical issues around AI? Join us for our free, online weekly programme of Bitesize Ethics - no prior knowledge is necessary and there's lots of good discussion to be had! www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/bitesize-eth... @torchoxford.bsky.social #ethics #AI #education #online

How do we choose between protecting nature & meeting human needs? Exploring this through our Citizen Science project #LastHaven Edmond Awad's letter to the editor: shorturl.at/7csDc Take part▶️https://last-haven.net #antitheses #ethics #Philosophymatters

ANTITHESES Ethics in Film booking open! 🎥😊 Get your tickets for a screening of 'The Sea Inside' & post-film discussion with a panel of experts, on the ethics of death, dying & end-of-life care. In association with @reubencollege.bsky.social 🗓️3rd July uppcinema.com/show/ethics-... #ethics #death

Today we are holding our second event on Obstetric Violence in Mexico. If you speak Spanish you can follow the event live here: x.com/iijunam/stat... This is part of a project investigating and developing methodologies for the reduction of obstetric violence. @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social #ethics

Is #consent always needed for chemical #castration? Prof Tom Douglas joins the debate in his Public Ethics blogpost www.publicethics.org/post/is-cons... #bioethics #crime #punishment

The UK government is considering mandatory chemical castration for sex offenders – it’s an ethical and legal minefield, says Lisa Forsberg. theconversation.com/the-uk-gover... #PhilosophyMatters #castration #ethics @torchoxford.bsky.social @oxmedhum.bsky.social @lisaeforsberg.bsky.social

Promises and Consent: is it morally permissible to accept a promise to perform an act that requires contemporaneous consent? Read the forthcoming article by Uehiro Ethics prize finalist Arjan S. Heir here: journals.publishing.umich.edu/jpe/news/206/ #promise #promissoryduty #consent #sex #ethics