James (dot) Moor (at) Dartmouth (dot) edu Phone: 603-646-2155 Fax: 603-646-1699   6035 Thornton Dartmouth College Hanover, NH 03755-3592

Professional interests in philosophy of artificial intelligence, philosophy of mind, logic, and computer ethics.

The Logic Book, 5th Edition (with Merrie Bergmann and Jack Nelson) NewYork: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 2009 Nanoethics: The Ethical and Social Implications of Nanotechnology, (co-edited with Fritz Allhoff, Patrick Lin, and John Weckert) Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2007 The Turing Test: The Elusive Standard of Artificial Intelligence, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003 Cyberphilosophy: The Intersection of Computing and Philosophy(Co-edited with Terrell Bynum), Oxford: Basil Blackwell Publishers, 2002 The Digital Phoenix: How Computers Are Changing Philosophy (Co-edited with Terrell Bynum), Oxford: Basil Blackwell Publishers, 1998. Revised edition 2000 La fenice digitale: Come i computer stanno cambiando la filosofia Italian Editon. Milano, Italy: Apogeo, 2000       Selected Recent Articles "Why We Need Better Ethics for Emerging Technologies," Ethics and Information Technology, Vol. 7, No. 3, 2005, pp. 111-119. Reprinted in Information Technology and Moral Philosophy, eds. Jeroen van den Hoven and John Weckert, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008, pp. 26-39. "Machine Intelligence" in Borchert, Donald, ed. Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2nd edition, Vol. 5. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2006, pp. 631-636. "The Nature, Importance, and Difficulty of Machine Ethics," IEEE Intelligent Systems, Vo. 21, No. 4, July/August 2006, pp. 18-21. "The Precautionary Principle in Nanotechnology" (with John Weckert), International Journal of Applied Philosophy, 20.2, 2006, pp. 191-204. Reprinted in Nanoethics: The Ethical and Social Implications of Nanotechnology, eds. Fritz Allhoff, Patrick Lin, James Moor, and John Weckert, Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2007, pp. 133-146. "The Dartmouth College Artificial Intelligence Conference: The Next Fifty Years," AI Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 4 Winter, 2006, pp. 87-91. "Taking the Intentional Stance Toward Robot Ethics" American Philosophical Newsletters, Vol. 06, No. 2 Spring, 2007. http://www.apaonline.org/publications/newsletters/v06n2_Computers_05.aspx             "Email Spam" (with Keith W. Miller), The Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics, eds. Kenneth Einar Himma and Herman T. Tavani, Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008, pp. 517-531. "Virtual Decisions: Just Consequentialism, Video Game ethics, and Ethics on the Fly" (with Don Gotterbarn), Computers & Society, 2010. "Ethics of Human Enhancement: 25 Questions & Answers," (with Fritz Allhoff, Patrick Lin, and John Weckert), Studies in Ethics, Law, and Technology: Vol. 4, No. 1, Article 4, 2010. DOI: 10.2202/1941-6008.1110. http://www.bepress.com/selt/vol4/iss1/art4

Editor of Minds and Machines   This journal fosters a tradition of criticism within the AI and philosophical communities on problems and issues of common concern. Its scope explicitly encompasses philosophical aspects of computer science. All submissions will be subject to review.

 

Courses Taught: (link to Dartmouth College Registrar Course website) Introduction to the Problems of Philosophy Logic and Language Introduction to Moral Philosophy Philosophy of Science Philosophy of Mind Philosophy of Logic Philosophy of Psychology Minds and Machines Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence Ethical and Social Impact of Computing (Computer and Information Science Department) Intermediate Logic Modal and Deviant Logic Technology and Values (Liberal Studies Program) Philosophy and Computers Research Ethics and Nanoethics (REU-NSF)

Selected Positions and Awards Chair of American Philosophical Association Committee on Philosophy and Computers - 1998-2000 The Metaphilosophy Prize for essay "What is Computer Ethics?" – 1985 Chair of Philosophy Department 1981-83, 1990-93, 2005-06, 2006 (Fall), 2007 (Fall) Research Fellow, Harvard Information Infrastructure Project - 1999-2000 Adjunct Professor in the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Charles Sturt University, Canberra Australia – 2002 World Technology Award Fellow – 2003 American Computing Machinery SIGCAS Making a Difference Award – 2003 DARPA Grant– The Next Fifty Years of Artificial Intelligence –  Co-PI – 2005-06 NSF Grant – Nanotechnology and Human Enhancement, PI – 2006–09  American Philosophical Association Barwise Prize – 2006 Daniel P. Stone Professor in Intellectual and Moral Philosophy, 2009-Present Honored as a Founding Member of Computers and Philosophy Association - 2010

Last Update: November 2010