Philip A. E. Brey’s research while affiliated with University of Twente and other places

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The Historical Development of Ethics of Emerging Technologies
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March 2025

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Minds and Machines

Philip A. E. Brey

This article traces the historical development of the ethics of emerging technologies. It argues that during the late 2000s and 2010s, the field of ethics of technology transformed from a fragmented, reactive, and methodologically underdeveloped discipline focused on mature technologies and lacking policy orientation into a more cohesive, proactive, methodologically sophisticated, and policy-focused field with a strong emphasis on emerging technologies. An agenda for this transition was set in Jim Moor’s seminal publication “Why We Need Better Ethics for Emerging Technologies”.

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... (i) cause new inequalities, by providing individuals and groups with superior abilities not possessed by others; (ii) exacerbate existing social inequalities and engender new ones, by creating new social identities and challenging or reifying existing conceptions of identity, including what is considered "normal" or typical, unusual or deviant; and/or (iii) put pressure on unenhanced persons to enhance themselves (2022, p. 837) To address these related concerns, Erden and Brey (2022) assert that no work or educational requirement should directly or indirectly require or make reference to an enhancement. They recommend that "human enhancements that are internal to the body or are irreversible should not be specifically developed for workplace or education applications … [such as through] normalizing human enhancement for employment prospects, career progression and development, or education, and thus creating undesirable social pressure for it to be used." ...

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Moral equality and reprogenetic autonomy in the genomic era
Ethics guidelines for human enhancement R&D
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  • November 2022

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