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CURRENT RESEARCH

Criminal Justice Ethics

    Criminal Justice Ethics covers a range of concrete and mid-level problems encountered by police, courts, and corrections. More

Business and
Professional Ethics

    Business and Professional Ethics deals with normative issues relating to the conduct and regulation of business. More

Ethical Issues
in Biotechnology

    Ethical Issues in Biotechnology examines the use of and access to new knowledge and techniques. More

IT and Nanotechnology
Ethics of Emergent
Technology

    Information technology and Nanotechnology deals with risks and responsibilities relating to research into technologies. More

Political Violence and
State Sovereignty

    Ethical Issues of Political Violence and State Sovereignty addresses central philosophical issues of political violence, especially the ethics of war. More

Justice and the Human Good

    Justice and the Human Good focuses on the relation between applied ethics and academic moral and political philosophy as well as the justice of social institutions. More

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WHO

CAPPE has been designated an official World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Bioethics. More

 

 

CAPPE ANU Seminar

Wednesday March 17th - Christopher Wellman: The Rights-Forfeiture Theory of Punishment More

 




Dr Richard Lucas

IT and Nanotechnology: Ethics of Emergent Technology

richard.lucas@anu.edu.au
Telephone +61 (02) 6125-8469
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BA, BA, MLitt, MA(IT), PhD

Biography

Richard Lucas main research interests focus on Ethical Issues in Information Technology, Philosophy of Information, Ethical issues in sport, Philosophy of Sport, Professional ethics and Ethics education. He is currently a recipient of an ARC Linkage Grant examining Ethics and Regulation in the ICT Industry.

Fields of special interest

  • Ethical Issues in Information Technology
  • Philosophy of Information
  • Ethical issues in sport
  • Philosophy of Sport
  • Professional ethics
  • Ethics education

Publications

Books

Richard Lucas, Machina Ethica: A Framework for Computers as Kant Moral Persons, VDM Verlag, 2009. ISBN-13: 978-3639143928. Abstract

Richard Lucas is currently working on an edited book on ethics and technology as well as an authored book (with John Weckert) for Wiley/Blackwell titled, An Integrity System for ICT: Incorporating Ethics into Industry Practice. Forthcoming 2010.

Book Chapters

Weckert, John, Rooksby, Emma and Lucas, Richard, The Digital Divide in Australia: Is Rural Australia Losing Out ? , in Weckert and Rooksby (Editors), Information Technology and Social Justice, Chapter XII, 240-261, 2007.