Centers at UC Berkeley and the University of Cambridge will train scientists to be aware of the ethical and societal impacts of scientific discoveries and to engage the public in early and intentional ...

For many, the coronavirus pandemic made clear how much technology has infiltrated aspects of our work and home lives—from Zoom calls and classes, to ordering groceries online and streaming ...

This spring, students in a data science class faced a challenging dilemma: Should they launch a facial recognition application that let unemployed people access their benefits—even though it often ...

In April 2019, Santa Clara University was awarded a grant as one of the winners of the Mozilla Responsible Computer Science Challenge, which promotes innovation and experimentation in the integration ...

Undergraduate training for data scientists – dubbed the sexiest job of the 21st century by Harvard Business Review – falls short in preparing students for the ethical use of data science, our new ...

What would happen if human brain cells were injected into primates. such as monkeys or apes? Scientists are now researching that question, as well as the ethics of the possibility of cognitive ...

Should a scientist who sees signs of global catastrophe sound an early alarm or wait until more conclusive evidence is in? Does going public lead to swifter action or give naysayers more time to ...

Irina Raicu, director of the Internet Ethics program (@IEthics) at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, in conversation with Professor Navid Shaghaghi. Since 2017, Navid Shaghaghi has taught ...

This paper argues that morality is objective in a specific sense that accords with a broadly expressivist stance in metaethics. The paper also explains that although there is a kind of subjectivity in ...