Transparency in AI is on the Decline | A new study shows the AI industry is withholding key information. hai.stanford.edu/news/transpa...

A new study published in the Journal of Sports Economics has found that the legalization of sports betting in the United States is associated with an increase in violent and property crimes. www.psypost.org/legalized-sp...

Practical wisdom for the new year: “Waste no more time arguing what a good person should be. Be one.” — Marcus Aurelius

Honored to be part of the new season of the Doha Debates Podcast. I’ll share the episode when it is released. Here’s a trailer for the season. [FYI, this is different than the Town Hall Debate in Qatar that I took part in.] m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-OK...

"I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be ‘happy.’ I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is, above all, to matter: to count, to stand for something, to have it make some difference that you lived at all." -Leo Rosten

Had to visit and say goodbye to Jimmy’s Corner, the beloved Times Square boxing dive bar owned and operated by the famed boxing cutman and trainer Jimmy Glenn until his death in 2020. I used to live a few doors down and knew Jimmy. Now the bar is facing eviction. Sad. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...

This is cool. More discussions in 2026 pls

3 philosophical debates from the 20th century that neuroscience is reshaping | Neuroscience isn’t dissolving philosophy’s hardest problems — it’s forcing us to rethink where they live | Honored that my book with Owen Flanagan on Neuroexistentialism is mentioned. bigthink.com/thinking/3-p...

Wishing you a joyful holiday season filled with love, laughter, and good health. May the new year bring happiness and many wonderful moments to you and yours.

Austrian Supreme Court (OGH): Meta must provide full access to all personal data of user within 14 days, including the sources, recipients and purposes for which each information was used. noyb.eu/en/austrian-...

I'm thrilled that Lou Chapman and I have joined the @waidecenter.bsky.social for Applied Ethics at Fairfield University's Charles F. Dolan School of Business as Distinguished Visiting Faculty. We greatly look forward to collaborating with the Center’s Director, Professor @greggdcaruso.bsky.social!

The Waide Center for Applied Ethics is excited to announce the addition of two new Distinguished Visiting Scholars who will be joining our team: Constantine Sandis and Louise Chapman! [1/2] www.fairfield.edu/academics/ce...

First snow of the season!

Just released on the Philosophy Bites podcast, a new episode: Angie Hobbs on Plato on Power podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...

For those interested in business ethics, please consider attending the Northeast Alliance for Business Ethics Annual Conference on Friday, Feb 20th, hosted by the Waide Center for Applied Ethics at Fairfield University. Please register here (registration is free): forms.office.com/pages/respon...

The dark side of free will: How belief in agency fuels anti-gay attitudes by Shahin Sharifi and Raymond Nam Cam Trau | iaap-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

For those interested in business ethics, please consider attending the Northeast Alliance for Business Ethics Annual Conference on Friday, Feb 20th, hosted by the Waide Center for Applied Ethics at Fairfield University. Please register here (registration is free): forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Journal retracts weed killer study backed by Monsanto, citing ‘serious ethical concerns’ | Highly cited paper was used as evidence that the widely used herbicide Roundup is safe. www.science.org/content/arti...

Here is the video of Jeff Sebo's talk on "The Moral Circle"––part of the Waide Center for Applied Ethics Seminar Series at Fairfield University | www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA0z... | @jeffsebo.bsky.social |

Review of How Capitalism Took Over the World by Sven Beckert | “Beckert emphasizes how capitalism has depended at every stage of its development on the military power of the modern state and frequently on practices of extreme violence…” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/b...

I wonderful new review of my small book on Neurloaw just came out in the journal Law and Philosophy, reviewed by Miranda Wang. It's a thoughtful and detailed review--I'm honored. Gregg D. Caruso, Neurolaw. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024, pp.88 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Mark your calendars! Here is the Waide Center for Applied Ethics Seminar Series schedule for the spring 2026 semester.

Later today! Join us on Zoom.

Tomorrow (Wednesday, December 3) the Waide Center for Applied Ethics will be hosting Julian Savulescu: "Ethics of Polygenic Editing and Selection of Embyros" | 4:00-5:30 Pm (Eastern) | Free and virtual (Zoom link and details below) events.fairfield.edu/event/waide-...

Neuroscientist Dr Daniel J. Levitin and therapeutic musician Judy Friesem join Ethics Talk to discuss how music affects the brain and what role music can have in peace-making in clinical settings. journalofethics.ama-assn.org/podcast/ethi...

Tomorrow (Wednesday, December 3) the Waide Center for Applied Ethics will be hosting Julian Savulescu: "Ethics of Polygenic Editing and Selection of Embyros" | 4:00-5:30 Pm (Eastern) | Free and virtual (Zoom link and details below) events.fairfield.edu/event/waide-...

This Wed, December 3 @ 4:00-5:30pm, the Waide Center for Applied Ethics will host Julian Savulescu, who will be giving a seminar on “Ethics of Polygenic Editing and Selection of Embryos.” The event is on Zoom and is free and open to all. todayatfairfield.fairfield.edu/todayatfairf...

My new co-authored paper with Jay Zameska is out. We bring together causal pluralism with discussions about justice in public health ethics, arguing that different concepts of causation are better fits for desiderata of distributive and relational justice dx.doi.org/10.1111/phc3... #philsky #philsci

Are you suffering from tge Surveillance Delusion? www.thenewworld.co.uk/nigel-warbur...

Saw the John Scofield Trio tonight. It was so good! Scofield definitely still has it.

London friends, I'll be speaking about my @yalebooks.bsky.social book in progress on How to Understand Others at the Barnes Philosophy Club (OSO Arts Centre) on Tuesday 25th November @ 19.30. All welcome! www.visitrichmond.co.uk/events/barne...

Yesterday was a full and rewarding day! In the morning, I participated in Fairfield University's President's Colloquium on AI on College Campuses. In the afternoon, I taught business ethics. And in the evening, I guest lectured on neurolaw in a behavioral neuroscience class. Applied ethics whiplash!

Beyond "Deepfakes" - The Rise of Digital Duplicates

Mass incarceration in the United States can be understood as a form of austerity—an approach that punishes social problems rather than addressing their root causes through public investment. [1/4]

Tomorrow--Wednesday, Nov 19 @ 4:00-5:30 pm--the Waide Center for Applied Ethics will be hosting Jeff Sebo, who will be giving a seminar on “The Moral Circle.” The event will be virtual (via Zoom) and is free and open to all. Info and zoom link: todayatfairfield.fairfield.edu/todayatfairf...

Today was my free day. So, I visited the Pearl, a man-made island in Doha (aerial photos not mine) and the Villaggio Mall—complete with a Vegas-style indoor canal with gondolas.

It was an honor to take part last night in the Doha Debates Town Hall on “Do we really have free will?” Guided by host Imran Garda, w/expert guests Jeremy Koons and Dr. Omar Suleiman. It was recorded in front of a live audience with twenty amazing students from around the world joining us on stage.

Wednesday, November 19 at 4:00-5:30 pm, the Waide Center for Applied Ethics will be hosting philosopher Jeff Sebo, who will be giving a seminar on “The Moral Circle.” The event will be held remotely via Zoom and is free and open to all | Jeff Sebo | events.fairfield.edu/event/waide-...

Made it to Doha, Qatar!

Wednesday, November 19 at 4:00-5:30 pm, the Waide Center for Applied Ethics will be hosting philosopher Jeff Sebo, who will be giving a seminar on “The Moral Circle.” The event will be held remotely via Zoom and is free and open to all | Jeff Sebo | events.fairfield.edu/event/waide-...

R. Edward Freeman: "Does Business Ethics Have a Future?" | Video from R. Edward Freeman's recent Waide Center for Applied Ethics Seminar. vimeo.com/1131374238/d...

Was honored to take part in the important roundtable on Incarceration in the U.S. Here is a little write-up on the event: www.fairfield.edu/news/2025/no...

‘Mind-captioning’ AI decodes brain activity to turn thoughts into text | A non-invasive imaging technique can translate scenes in your head into sentences. It could help to reveal how the brain interprets the world. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Ethics of neurotechnology: UNESCO adopts the first global standard in the cutting-edge technology www.unesco.org/en/articles/...

New interview of me at Tevin Naidu's podcast, on whether we will know whether near-future AI systems are conscious: YouTube: youtu.be/zxNyX1kq9ro?... Blog Post: www.mindbodysolution.org/blog/the-epi... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0WHK...

New paper out today: "The Bell Tolls for Folk Psychology: Are Societies Ready for a Public Health Quarantine Model of Criminal Justice?" co-authored with Alan C. Logan and Susan Prescott. www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15...

I am excited to be joining the Center for Justice and Mental Well-Being at the Nova Institute for Heath as a Scientific Advisor! One of our initiatives will center on Equity & Flourishing in Carceral Systems: novainstituteforhealth.org/priorities/c...

Google’s AI co-scientist just solved a biological mystery that took humans a decade

A new study from the Macquarie Business School mapped trades made by US senators over almost a decade and found clear patterns between those trades and personal profit. lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/octo...

I am very excited to be heading to Doha, Qatar in two weeks to take part in this Doha Debates Town Hall: Do we really have free will? The debate will be recorded in front of an audience and released later. I'm looking forward to it! www.eventbrite.com/e/doha-debat...