Interview with John Danaher on axiological futurism: in pursuit of a better understanding of the relationship between new technologies, risks, and ethics considering value changes

Authors

  • Murilo Vilaça Fiocruz
  • Murilo Karasinski PUC/PR

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-3173.2023.v46n3.p13

Keywords:

Futurismo Axiológico, Valores, John Danaher

Abstract

John Danaher is Senior Lecturer in the School of Law, NUI Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland. He has an impressive set of publications in internationally prestigious journals (Neuroethics; Law, Innovation and Technology; Science and Engineering Ethics; American Journal of Bioethics; Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics; Bioethics, Futures, among others). Many publications relate specifically to analyses of new technologies and their applications. In the kindly given interview, Danaher, starting with a brief recovery of his trajectory, addressed central points of the concept of axiological futurism, presenting examples of changing values, clarifying his interesting proposal. In addition, he indicated his next steps in the development of the proposal, as well as authors who have influenced it or who have dialogued with it in some way.

Author Biographies

  • Murilo Vilaça, Fiocruz

    Ph. D. Researcher at National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (ENSP/Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, RJ – Brazil. Research Fellow at FAPERJ (JCNE) and CNPq (APQ – PRÓ-HUMANIDADES). ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9720-5552. 

  • Murilo Karasinski, PUC/PR

    Ph. D. Professor at Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR), Curitiba, PR – Brazil. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6099-6968.

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Recebido: 08/09/2022

Aprovado: 15/02/2023

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2023-06-15

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Vol. 46 No. 3 (2023): July-September/2023

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Interview

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Interview with John Danaher on axiological futurism: in pursuit of a better understanding of the relationship between new technologies, risks, and ethics considering value changes. (2023). Trans/Form/Ação, 46(3), 13-30. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-3173.2023.v46n3.p13