Peter G. Kirchschlaeger

Peter G. Kirchschlaeger
  • Full Professor of Theological Ethics
  • Professor (Full) at University of Lucerne

Ethics-Professor and Director of the Institute of Social Ethics ISE at the University of Lucerne

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Introduction
• Ethics of Science and Technology • Ethics of Digitalization, Automatization, Machinization und Robotization • Ethics of “Artificial Intelligence” • Ethics of Human Rights • Business Ethics and Ethics of Finance • Political Ethics • Foundations of Ethics • The Relation Between Ethics and Law
Current institution
University of Lucerne
Current position
  • Professor (Full)
Additional affiliations
January 2015 - December 2017
Yale University
Position
  • Visiting Fellow
January 2014 - present
University of the Free State
Position
  • Research Fellow
May 2023 - present
ETH Zurich
Position
  • Visiting Professor
Description
  • Visiting Professor at the Chair for Neuroinformatics and Neural Systems at ETH Zurich as well at the ETH AI Center
Education
January 2010 - December 2012
January 2005 - December 2006
University of Chicago
Field of study
  • Research Stay (SNSF-Research Project)
January 2004 - December 2010
University of Zurich
Field of study

Publications

Publications (409)
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The international community, and the UN in particular, is in urgent need of wise policies, and a regulatory institution to put data-based systems, notably AI, to positive use and guard against their abuse. Digital transformation and “artificial intelligence (AI)”—which can more adequately be called “data-based systems (DS)”—present ethical opportun...
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Digital transformation and “artificial intelligence (AI)”—which can more adequately be called “data-based systems (DS)”—comprise ethical opportunities and risks. Therefore, it is necessary to identify precisely ethical opportunities and risks in order to be able to benefit sustainably from the opportunities and to master the risks. The UN General A...
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This book discusses digitalization, robotization, and automation of society and of the economy and the use of artificial intelligence from an ethical perspective. After an introduction on the correlation between morality and technology and an assessment of the moral capability of technologies, the book introduces ethical principles serving the eval...
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This book discusses digitalization, robotization, and automation of society and of the economy and the use of artificial intelligence from an ethical perspective. After an introduction on the correlation between morality and technology and an assessment of the moral capability of technologies, the book introduces ethical principles serving the eval...
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This book discusses digitalization, robotization, and automation of society and of the economy and the use of artificial intelligence from an ethical perspective. After an introduction on the correlation between morality and technology and an assessment of the moral capability of technologies, the book introduces ethical principles serving the eval...
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This book discusses digitalization, robotization, and automation of society and of the economy and the use of artificial intelligence from an ethical perspective. After an introduction on the correlation between morality and technology and an assessment of the moral capability of technologies, the book introduces ethical principles serving the eval...
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This book discusses digitalization, robotization, and automation of society and of the economy and the use of artificial intelligence from an ethical perspective. After an introduction on the correlation between morality and technology and an assessment of the moral capability of technologies, the book introduces ethical principles serving the eval...
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This book discusses digitalization, robotization, and automation of society and of the economy and the use of artificial intelligence from an ethical perspective. After an introduction on the correlation between morality and technology and an assessment of the moral capability of technologies, the book introduces ethical principles serving the eval...
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Full-text available
This book discusses digitalization, robotization, and automation of society and of the economy and the use of artificial intelligence from an ethical perspective. After an introduction on the correlation between morality and technology and an assessment of the moral capability of technologies, the book introduces ethical principles serving the eval...
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Full-text available
This book discusses digitalization, robotization, and automation of society and of the economy and the use of artificial intelligence from an ethical perspective. After an introduction on the correlation between morality and technology and an assessment of the moral capability of technologies, the book introduces ethical principles serving the eval...
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Full-text available
This book discusses digitalization, robotization, and automation of society and of the economy and the use of artificial intelligence from an ethical perspective. After an introduction on the correlation between morality and technology and an assessment of the moral capability of technologies, the book introduces ethical principles serving the eval...
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Full-text available
This book discusses digitalization, robotization, and automation of society and of the economy and the use of artificial intelligence from an ethical perspective. After an introduction on the correlation between morality and technology and an assessment of the moral capability of technologies, the book introduces ethical principles serving the eval...
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Full-text available
This book discusses digitalization, robotization, and automation of society and of the economy and the use of artificial intelligence from an ethical perspective. After an introduction on the correlation between morality and technology and an assessment of the moral capability of technologies, the book introduces ethical principles serving the eval...
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This book discusses digitalization, robotization, and automation of society and of the economy and the use of artificial intelligence from an ethical perspective. After an introduction on the correlation between morality and technology and an assessment of the moral capability of technologies, the book introduces ethical principles serving the eval...
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This book discusses digitalization, robotization, and automation of society and of the economy and the use of artificial intelligence from an ethical perspective. After an introduction on the correlation between morality and technology and an assessment of the moral capability of technologies, the book introduces ethical principles serving the eval...
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Das Wiener Sozialunternehmen ›Vollpension‹ mit Fokus auf Generationendialog und Reduktion von Altersarmut und -einsamkeit, das ursprünglich im Gastronomiesektor mit diesen Wirkungszielen antrat und bereits zwei Generationencafés und einen To-Go Standort betreibt, hat Covid-19-krisenbedingt immer mehr auch die Digitalisierung als Sweet Spot für Soci...
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There is no question about the innovation force and the economic potential of blockchain technology. As the basis for new currencies, financial services, and smart contracts, blockchain technology can be seen as the fifth disruptive computing paradigm, after mainframes, personal computers, the Internet, and mobile devices. However, there are questi...
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Data is the magic word of the 21st century. As oil in the 20th century and electricity in the 19th century: For citizens, data means support in daily life in almost all activities, from watch to laptop, from kitchen to car, from mobile phone to politics. For business and politics, data means power, dominance, winning the race. Data can be used for...
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Ethical decision-making challenges us every day – be it in our private or professional lives, be it on an organizational or institutional level, be it in a political or economic context. The textbook encourages ethical decision-making with ease and argumentative elegance – in the following 4 steps (SAMBA): 1. S ee and understand the reality 2. A an...
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Ethical decision-making challenges us every day – be it in our private or professional lives, be it on an organizational or institutional level, be it in a political or economic context. The textbook encourages ethical decision-making with ease and argumentative elegance – in the following 4 steps (SAMBA): 1. S ee and understand the reality 2. A an...
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Ethical decision-making challenges us every day – be it in our private or professional lives, be it on an organizational or institutional level, be it in a political or economic context. The textbook encourages ethical decision-making with ease and argumentative elegance – in the following 4 steps (SAMBA): 1. S ee and understand the reality 2. A an...
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Ethical decision-making challenges us every day – be it in our private or professional lives, be it on an organizational or institutional level, be it in a political or economic context. The textbook encourages ethical decision-making with ease and argumentative elegance – in the following 4 steps (SAMBA): 1. S ee and understand the reality 2. A an...
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Ethical decision-making challenges us every day – be it in our private or professional lives, be it on an organizational or institutional level, be it in a political or economic context. The textbook encourages ethical decision-making with ease and argumentative elegance – in the following 4 steps (SAMBA): 1. S ee and understand the reality 2. A an...
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Ethical decision-making challenges us every day – be it in our private or professional lives, be it on an organizational or institutional level, be it in a political or economic context. The textbook encourages ethical decision-making with ease and argumentative elegance – in the following 4 steps (SAMBA): 1. S ee and understand the reality 2. A an...
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Ethical decision-making challenges us every day – be it in our private or professional lives, be it on an organizational or institutional level, be it in a political or economic context. The textbook encourages ethical decision-making with ease and argumentative elegance – in the following 4 steps (SAMBA): 1. S ee and understand the reality 2. A an...
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Ethical decision-making challenges us every day – be it in our private or professional lives, be it on an organizational or institutional level, be it in a political or economic context. The textbook encourages ethical decision-making with ease and argumentative elegance – in the following 4 steps (SAMBA): 1. S ee and understand the reality 2. A an...
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Ethical decision-making challenges us every day – be it in our private or professional lives, be it on an organizational or institutional level, be it in a political or economic context. The textbook encourages ethical decision-making with ease and argumentative elegance – in the following 4 steps (SAMBA): 1. S ee and understand the reality 2. A an...
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Ethisches Entscheiden fordert uns tagtäglich heraus sei dies im privaten oder beruflichen Alltag, sei dies auf organisationaler oder institutioneller Ebene, sei dies im politischen oder wirtschaftlichen Kontext. Das Lehrbuch ermutigt zu ethischem Entscheiden mit Leichtigkeit und argumentativer Eleganz in den folgenden 4 Schritten (SAMBA): 1. See an...
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Ethical decision-making challenges us every day – be it in our private or professional lives, be it on an organizational or institutional level, be it in a political or economic context. The textbook encourages ethical decision-making with ease and argumentative elegance – in the following 4 steps (SAMBA): 1. S ee and understand the reality 2. A an...
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Ethical decision-making challenges us every day – be it in our private or professional lives, be it on an organizational or institutional level, be it in a political or economic context. The textbook encourages ethical decision-making with ease and argumentative elegance – in the following 4 steps (SAMBA): 1. S ee and understand the reality 2. A na...
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Ethical decision-making challenges us every day – be it in our private or professional lives, be it on an organizational or institutional level, be it in a political or economic context. The textbook encourages ethical decision-making with ease and argumentative elegance – in the following 4 steps (SAMBA): 1. S ee and understand the reality 2. A na...
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Ethical decision-making challenges us every day – be it in our private or professional lives, be it on an organizational or institutional level, be it in a political or economic context. The textbook encourages ethical decision-making with ease and argumentative elegance – in the following 4 steps (SAMBA): 1. S ee and understand the reality 2. A na...
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Ethical decision-making challenges us every day – be it in our private or professional lives, be it on an organizational or institutional level, be it in a political or economic context. The textbook encourages ethical decision-making with ease and argumentative elegance – in the following 4 steps (SAMBA): 1. S ee and understand the reality 2. A na...
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Ethical decision-making challenges us every day – be it in our private or professional lives, be it on an organizational or institutional level, be it in a political or economic context. The textbook encourages ethical decision-making with ease and argumentative elegance – in the following 4 steps (SAMBA): 1. S ee and understand the reality 2. A na...
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Ethical decision-making challenges us every day – be it in our private or professional lives, be it on an organizational or institutional level, be it in a political or economic context. The textbook encourages ethical decision-making with ease and argumentative elegance – in the following 4 steps (SAMBA): 1. S ee and understand the reality 2. A na...
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Ethical decision-making challenges us every day – be it in our private or professional lives, be it on an organizational or institutional level, be it in a political or economic context. The textbook encourages ethical decision-making with ease and argumentative elegance – in the following 4 steps (SAMBA): 1. S ee and understand the reality 2. A na...
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Ethical decision-making challenges us every day – be it in our private or professional lives, be it on an organizational or institutional level, be it in a political or economic context. The textbook encourages ethical decision-making with ease and argumentative elegance – in the following 4 steps (SAMBA): 1. S ee and understand the reality 2. A na...
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Ethical decision-making challenges us every day – be it in our private or professional lives, be it on an organizational or institutional level, be it in a political or economic context. The textbook encourages ethical decision-making with ease and argumentative elegance – in the following 4 steps (SAMBA): 1. S ee and understand the reality 2. A na...
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Ethical decision-making challenges us every day – be it in our private or professional lives, be it on an organizational or institutional level, be it in a political or economic context. The textbook encourages ethical decision-making with ease and argumentative elegance – in the following 4 steps (SAMBA): 1. S ee and understand the reality 2. A na...
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L’universalité des droits de l’Homme – c’est-à-dire le fait que tous les hommes, où qu’ils soient, sont toujours porteurs de droits de l’Homme – est confrontée à des critiques qui peuvent être résumées par l’accusation suivante : « L’ Occident ne peut pas dicter au monde entier comment il doit vivre ! » Une justification des droits de l’Homme et de...

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