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Personal profile
Biography
At the highest level of description my research interests are political philosophy and applied ethics; I am interested in philosophical arguments with real-world implications. More specifically, I am working in or have worked in: political philosophy, bioethics, environmental ethics, media ethics; just war theory; and the ethics of science and technology.
A more-or-less-up-to-date list of my publications with links to copies of (some of) them, can be found here. Copies of all of my published papers are available on request.
Research area keywords
- Applied Ethics
- Political Philosophy
- Ethics
- Bioethics
- Philosophy
- Human Enhancement
- PGD
- Intersex Conditions
- Sex
- Sex Selection
- Genetic Relatedness
- Parenthood
- Reproductive Liberty
- Stem Cells
- Therapeutic Cloning
- Military Ethics
- Robotic Weapons
- Robot Ethics
- Cloning
- IVF
- Nanotechnology
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Projects 2007 2020
Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Inheritable Genome Modification in Human Reproduction
Mills, C., Sparrow, R., Ludlow, K. & Warren, N.
11/03/19 → 27/03/20
Project: Research
Legal and ethical issues in the inheritable genetic modification of humans
Mills, C., Ludlow, K., Sparrow, R. & Warren, N.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Monash University
16/06/17 → 15/06/20
Project: Research
ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science
Wallace, G., Forsyth, M., Macfarlane, D., Officer, D., Cook, M., Dodds, S., Spinks, G., Alici, G., Moulton, S., in het Panhuis, M., Kapsa, R., Higgins, M., Mozer, A., Crook, J., Innis, P., Coote, M. L., Wang, X., Howlett, P. C., Pringle, J. M., Hancock, L., Paull, B., Sparrow, R., Zhang, J., Spiccia, L., Diamond, D., Guldi, D., Kim, S. J., Unwin, P. & Watanabe, M.
Australian Research Council (ARC)
30/06/14 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
A new ethics for the development and application of genetic technologies in a pluralist society
Australian Research Council (ARC)
1/02/11 → 31/12/16
Project: Research
Good Soldiers and Ethical Soldiers
Sparrow, R., Coady, C. & Wolfendale, J.
Australian Research Council (ARC)
2/01/07 → 31/12/09
Project: Research
Research Output 1999 2019
Do robots have race? Race, social construction, and HRI
Sparrow, R., 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Robotics Has a Race Problem
Sparrow, R., 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Science Technology and Human Values.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Teledildonics and rape by deception
Sparrow, R. & Karas, L., 28 Aug 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Law, Innovation and Technology. 12, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Unraveling the Human Tapestry: Diversity, Flourishing, and Genetic Modification
Sparrow, R., 2019, Human Flourishing in an Age of Gene Editing. Parens, E. & Johnston, J. (eds.). 1 ed. New York NY USA: Oxford University Press, p. 157 171 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
21
Citations
(Scopus)
Yesterday’s Child: How Gene Editing for Enhancement Will Produce Obsolescence—and Why It Matters
Sparrow, R., 3 Jul 2019, In : American Journal of Bioethics. 19, 7, p. 6-15 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Prizes
Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan (short-term)
Robert Sparrow (Recipient), 10 Jan 2014
Prize: Competitive Fellowships
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Activities 2013 2018
Human and machine: The next great creative partnership
Robert Sparrow (Contributor)15 Aug 2018
Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Is automation good for humanity?
Robert Sparrow (Contributor)12 Sep 2018
Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Defining Humanity
Robert Sparrow (Contributor)15 Sep 2018
Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Australian Engineering Conference 2018
Robert Sparrow (Invited speaker)18 Sep 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
Industry debate: Robots will manage our entire transport network by 2025
Robert Sparrow (Contributor)19 Mar 2018
Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Press / Media
Researchers say we perceive robots as having race — and there's 'no need for all robots to be white\
25/07/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
We're racist towards robots, too, study finds
24/07/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature