Projects

Human Rights and Disability (2012-2015)
Integration Study of Future Law, Ethics, and Smart Technologies (2017-2021)
Moral Expertise (since 2017)

News

22.01.2020:

We are happy to inform you about our next two up-coming events: Ethical Issues raised by Human Enhancement (International workshop, 07.02.2020) and the ATEITIS International Conference Future Law, Ethics, and Smart Technologies (20.02.2020). Please, see more information in the section Events.

29.08.2019:

We are happy to inform you about our latest newsletter which will provide you with the most recent information of our work in the research cluster. Enjoy the read!

Congratulations to our member of the RCAE, Vladislav Fomin, for the "Distinguished Professor Award" granted by Vilnius University. He is only one of three scholars in Lithuania to have received this outstanding award.

08.06.2019:

We are happy to inform you that Vlad Fomin and John-Stewart Gordon received funds from Vytautas Magnus University for conducting the project on Responsible Standardisation of Smart Systems (RSSS) as well as John-Stewart Gordon and Kestutis Mosakas for their project on Ethical Issues raised by Human Enhancement.

15.04.2019:

We are happy to inform you about our latest newsletter which will provide you with the most recent information of our work in the research cluster. Enjoy the read!

01.12.2018:

We are very happy to inform you about our new international collaboration partner. The Academia Kantiana, a sub-unit of the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, in Kaliningrad (Russia) and our RCAE agreed to collaborate on topics related to Kant and Applied Ethics.

01.10.2018:

We are happy to inform you that our research project "Future Law, Ethics, and Smart Technologies" (ATEITIS) will have its second public discussion on 26.10.2018. The event will be about "AI and Ethics" (see, Events for more information). Please, come and join us for this important event.

10.09.2018:

We are happy to inform you that our research project "Future Law, Ethics, and Smart Technologies" (ATEITIS) will have its first public discussion on 21.09.2018. The event will introduce our new research project (see, Events for more information). Please, come and join us for this important event.

29.07.2018:

We are happy to report that the Research Cluster for Applied Ethics collaborates now with the Department of Philosophy (Director Prof. Dr. Philipp Rosemann) at Maynooth University, Ireland.

25.06.2018:

The Research Cluster for Applied Ethics is happy to pronounce that Dr. Ausrine Pasvenskiene from the Faculty of Law (VDU) will join our Cluster. A big welcome.

20.06.2018:

Please, see Prof. Gordon's new CfP on "AI and Law - Ethical, Legal, and Socio-political Implications" to be edited at the international leading journal AI & Society. The deadline for submissions is 31.07.2019.

02.06.2018:

Please, see our program/schedule for the next up-coming international workshop on Inclusion and Artificial Intelligence (see also the section Events).

29.05.2018:

Please, check out our latest Newsletter.

12.05.2018:

Together with Prof. Dr. Claes Granmar (University of Stockholm) Prof. Dr. John-Stewart Gordon (VDU) will host an international workshop on "Smart Technologies and Fundamental Rights" at the University of Stockholm in June 15 & 16, 2018.

12.05.2018:

The next international workshop of the RCAE is on "Inclusion and Artificial Intelligence" (for more information please see Events). We invite everybody to this great event on 22.06.2018.

08.03.2018:

For those of you who are interested in moral reasoning and decision making, please, have a look at Prof. Gordon's lecture on Moral Experts vs. Ethical Theories at the Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto (28.02.2018).

23.12.2017:

The Research Cluster for Applied Ethics wishes everyone a great Holiday Season and a Happy New Year 2018.

23.12.2017:

We are happy to announce that our Research Cluster together with colleagues from the Faculty of Law and Informatics received a major grant, 600.000 € (for 4 years), for the research project "Integrity Study of Future Law, Ethics, and Smart Technologies" from the Research Council of Lithuania. The current project members are: John-Stewart Gordon (principal investigator), Paulius Astromskis (responsible for the drafting of the proposal), Vlad Formin, Edita Gruodyte, Kestutis Mosakas, Julija Kirsiene, Darius Amilevicius, Aušrinė Pasvenskienė, and Milda Zaliauskaite.

10.11.2017:

Please, listen to a talk "On Moral Experts" given by Prof. Dr. John-Stewart Gordon at Oxford University in October.

31.10.2017:

We are happy to inform you that our first newsletter can be accessed via our webpage.

12.10.2017:

We wish all students and colleagues a good start for the new term.

The RCAE will soon announce its Applied Ethics Award (2018) where all BA and MA students enrolled at a Lithuanian University will be able to submit a paper.

It is also planned that we will have a regular newsletter to inform you about all relevant activities and on-going projects of the RCAE.

28.02.2017:

New Book Series "Philosophy and Human Rights" at Brill. The new series provides a venue for outstanding scholarship on contemporary and newly emerging issues in the context of human rights theory and practice in philosophy. The series favors monographs on human rights that work at the cutting edge of ethics/moral philosophy, social- and political philosophy, and law. Prof. Dr. John-Stewart Gordon is the general editor of the book series.

13.02.2017:

Workshop announcement:

Our next workshop is devoted to promote PhD students from all faculties who work on issues related to applied ethics and philosophy. The students will present work in progress and receive valuable feedback. In case you are interested to present something, please, get in contact with us asap. The workshop will be held on 28.04.2017. Please, see "Events" for additional information.

05.01.2017:

Workshop announcement: Our next workshop on "Current Issues in Applied Ethics" will be from 10AM to 7 PM on January 20. Please, see Events for further details.

30.11.2016:

Radio Interview: Moral Rights and Artificial Intelligent Robots (Prof. Dr. John-Stewart Gordon)

30.11.2016:

I am happy to announce that our Research Group Applied Ethics has become the new Research Cluster for Applied Ethics at VDU. Cheers to all!

25.11.2016:

The next lecture on "Human Rights and Disability" (Prof. Dr. Jonas Ruškus) will be on 07.12.2016. There will also be a Wine & Cheese event after the lecture.

09.11.2016:

The next lecture on "Moral Rights for Intelligent Machines?" (Prof. Dr. John-Stewart Gordon) will be held on 23.11.2016.

07.11.2016:

The next lecture on "Corporate Ethics" (Prof. Szymanski), 09.11.2016, is cancelled.

28.10.2016:

There will be a new workshop on "Current Issues in Appplied Ethics" on the 20.01.2017. Please, check for further details - which will be continuously up-dated - under Events.

28.10.2016:

Our next lecture on "Corporate Ethics" will be given by Prof. Dr. Charles Szymanski on 09.11.2016.

24.10.2016:

The talk "Ethical dilemmas in decision making within the health care and higher education contexts" given by Prof. Dr. Vilma Žydžiūnaitė on 26.10.2016 must be postponed. An alternate date will be advertised in due course (now: 20.01.2017). For further details, see Events.

07.10.2016:

Please, be reminded that we will have our first international workshop on "Natural Human Rights" on 12.10.2016 from 12 to 6 PM followed by a public lecture from 6-8 PM on the same day; please, see Events for further information.

20.09.2016:

The Research Group Applied Ethics (RGAE) is now on FACEBOOK where you can get additional information of our activities:
https://www.facebook.com/researchgroupappliedethics/

20.09.2016:

Our series of lectures on applied ethics will continue on 28.09.2016 with a lecture on "Smart Law" (Dr. Paulius Astromskis), see Events for further information!

21.08.2016:

International Workshop on Natural Human Rights & Public Lecture (Prof. Dr. Michael Boylan, USA), 12.10.2016, see Events for further information

15.08.2016:

Our series of lectures on applied ethics will start on 14.09.2016 with an "Introduction to Applied Ethics" (Prof. Dr. John-Stewart Gordon), see Events for further information!

8.06.2016:

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