Emma Curran

Philosophy Lecturer at Oxford, by way of Cambridge and Rutgers. Thinking about morality and risk. Geordie sans accent.

[Emma Curran @EmmaJCurran]

In celebration of almost completing my PhD, I have added myself to the list of philosophers I have painted.

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

Do a PhD

[Emma Curran @EmmaJCurran]

Well done, Kyle! It's been a pleasure watching your work develop since I met you as a wee MPhil. Looking forward to seeing all the wonderful philosophy to come.

[Kyle van Oosterum @KOosterum]

Just graduated with a DPhil in Philosophy from the University of Oxford!

[Jeff Sebo @jeffrsebo]

Today in @aeonmag Andreas Mogensen and I discuss animal welfare, AI welfare, and probabilistic ethics. We make the case for addressing the moral status of animals and AIs as we address health, climate, and other big issues: with probabilistic reasoning and proportional responses.

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@KorbinianRueger A great overview of the literature! I will be sharing with my students in the future.

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Wonderful news: Essays on Longtermism is officially out!

It was a pleasure to contribute to the volume and I'm looking forward to reading the other contributions.

[David Thorstad @DavidThorstad]

Today's the day! Essays on longtermism is now out (open access) with Oxford University Press. https://t.co/km4n6ICthR

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I feel like I've fallen through a wormhole and entered a world in which no one but my family remembers the OG fruit gums. I've asked so many people.

Is this a generational thing? Why have people forgotten such an elite sweet?

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@raphaelmilliere @JesusOxford @EthicsInAI @schmidtsciences Looking forward ti having you at the Institute!

[Uehiro Oxford Institute @ethicsinthenews]

Jen's video is now available on YouTube: https://t.co/DPUXeDbasf

Let us know what you think - can we teach ethics to machines?

#AIethics #Ethics #LLMs #morality #MachineLearning
@EthicsInAI @jensemler

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@goingawoll @Duderichy I don't know why I've fully, and until now subconsciously, assumed you're at Hertford. Especially puzzling given I have a list of philosophy students at Hertford and you're not on it.

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@goingawoll @Duderichy Hertford Philosophy needs more Taurek

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@dioscuri @FeepingCreature @morallawwithin Sure, but many people who think morality =/= axiology think that morality "should have a foot" in axiology (that if morality never tracked axiological concerns then it would be implausible). The same seems true of beneficence, without concluding that beneficence=axiology.

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@dioscuri @FeepingCreature @morallawwithin *aggregative

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@dioscuri @FeepingCreature @morallawwithin I don't think everyone would agree that beneficence = axiology (I don't). And there are certainly some who don't believe in aggregate axiologies.

[Kyle van Oosterum @KOosterum]

Some great news this month!
1) Officially finished my philosophy PhD, examined by Elizabeth Anderson and Paul Billingham.
2) Starting a new job at King's College London in September as an Early Career Fellow at the YTL Centre in the Dickson Poon Law School.

[David Thorstad @DavidThorstad]

This paper just came out with Mind. Open access link in next tweet. https://t.co/jxFKuILnxc

[Emma Curran @EmmaJCurran]

Interesting new paper from Aksel Sterri on risky COVID-19 vaccines (interesting, in part, because it criticises me!): https://t.co/tSXh9hWGms

[Emma Curran @EmmaJCurran]

Apologies to my students

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

Professors assigning their own articles

[Emma Curran @EmmaJCurran]

The end of an era!

[Kyle van Oosterum @KOosterum]

📺Bonus Episode: We asked 12 philosophy students about the highlight of their PhD.

🚨This is also the last episode of the Philosopher’s Nest! @99lewiswilliams have had a blast interviewing grad students and we hope you’ve enjoyed our show. Thank you!
https://t.co/ZsHn4vmdP8

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@tyler_m_john @GFuterman @RichardMCNgo @Benthamsbulldog Yep, I enjoyed reading your paper on offsetting for the seminar!

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@ejjiott Academics: "we're not pedantic "

Me: "I'd say there are definitely more escalators that escalate than those that don't; I see an upwards escalator without a corresponding downward escalator far more often than I see the opposite."