CAPPE

  • ANU
  • CSU
  • University of Melbourne

CURRENT RESEARCH

Criminal Justice Ethics

  • Police Corruption
  • Loyalty, Whistleblowing and Witness Protection More

Business and
Professional Ethics

  • Corporate Responsibility for Economic and Ethical Sustainability
  • Regulating Communication in the Professions More

Ethical Issues
in Biotechnology

  • The Ethics of Life-extending Technology
  • The Ethics of Sex Selection More

IT and Nanotechnology
Ethics of Emergent
Technology

  • E-Government
  • The Precautionary Principle in Nanotechnology More

Political Violence and
State Sovereignty

  • Morality of "Dirty Hands" as an Issue in Political Leadership
  • Ethics, Technology and the "New Wars" More

Welfare Ethics

  • Obligations of Individual Citizens of Wealthy Nations in Relation to International Poverty
  • The Obligations of Welfare Recipients More

WHAT'S NEW

What's new in CAPPE publications?
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MULTIMEDIA CENTRE

Multimedia Centre

ONLINE

Morality and Political Violence by Tony Coady

AUDIO

Public Ethics Radio

   Inaugural Program

Thomas Pogge on Pharmaceutical Innovation

UPCOMING
EVENTS

CAPPE ANU Seminar

What is Really Wrong With Slavery? - Professor Christopher Wellman (Washington/CAPPE)
Wednesday 30th July 2008 More

CAPPE UniMelb Seminar

Animal Equality - a Less Radical Path to Animal Liberation - Siobhan O'Sullivan (Melbourne)
Wednesday 30th July 2008 More

Globalising Ethics & Politics

Prospective ANU Research student workshop
24th-26th July 2008 More

The freedom paradox - Clive Hamilton

Book launch
5th August 2008 More

Dr Richard Lucas

IT and Nanotechnology: Ethics of Emergent Technology

richard.lucas@anu.edu.au
Telephone +61 (02) 6125-8469
Facsimile +61 (02) 6125-6579
View my cv (.doc)

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

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