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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH) (Institutional affiliation for the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
In 2018, I completed a doctorate in philosophy in applied ethics at the University of Oxford under the supervision of Julian Savulescu. I am a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Sao Paulo, researching the implications of virtue theory and moral status to modifying moral dispositions with technology. In between, I was a researcher at an institute aimed at reducing existential risks (BERI) for a year. Before my doctorate, I founded and directed an NGO about ethics and technology. I have taught a wide range of students on subjects from early modern philosophy to applied ethics to philosophy of science. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The central issue I wish to address with my research is the tension between the high desirability and extreme risks of using technology to improve fundamental human traits - that is, of human enhancement. I will address four separate specific issues related to risks from moral enhancement (the enhancement of moral dispositions) in four publications. The first publication I will argue that…
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