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Topic: Humanity's Future
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Human enhancement - not can we, but should we?
Ethics, impact and governance are crucial to decisions on the future of human enhancement. It’s certainly not a question of ‘can we do it?’ – human enhancement is already happening. The question is should we? These w... Read More »
Overpopulation or Underpopulation
This guest blog first appeared on the Practical Ethics Blog. This year will see the world’s population reach 7 billion, and there has been considerable media interest. However, almost all of the press focuses on th... Read More »
Nanotechnology: can it break through the regulation?
The existing regulation of nanotechnology is only effective in so far as it hinders the progress of nanotechnology into society, argues Pythagoras Petratos. The existing fragmented regulation leads to significant delays, during which time nanotech... Read More »
Emotions and Risk Assessment
It seems almost platitudinous to say that emotions and feelings are irrational and need to be corrected by reason. This view is also reflected in studies about risk perception. Quite contrary to this, Professor Sabine Roeser’s talk... Read More »
"What is Risk?"
Our seminar series is about risks in the 21st Century, yet there are many different meanings and uses made of the word “risk”. Due to the importance of risk in modern societies, it is the subject of many fields. Psychological... Read More »
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