Research conducted by the Center from the standpoint of ethics will focus on the major moral questions faced by the environmental, technical, cultural, and social changes of the contemporary world are placing human beings with increasing urgency: what are the ethical implications of new technologies? How will biotechnology and digital discoveries transform the human condition? How do these technologies affect our imagination, affects, behaviour, and social interactions? What is the ethical relationship between humans and non-humans, and what implications does it have for ecological issues?
Analyses undertaken from an ethical perspective will address applied ethics, theoretical ethics, the history of moral and cultural customs and traditions, normative ethics, gender ethics, metaethics, and questions concerning the foundation of ethics. The analyses produced from an ethical perspective, while starting from a pluralistic point of view reflecting the Center’s interdisciplinary approach, aim to develop unified perspectives on the problems examined, thus contributing to contemporary ethical debate both nationally and internationally. The contribution will be both in understanding the historical, cultural, and philosophical assumptions of the problems addressed and in formulating solutions that can move toward a more just and equitable society. In addition to deepening the theoretical dimension, one of the goals of the Center’s ethical analyses will be the promotion and development of practical strategies and application opportunities. The goal will be to contribute to public debates, policy-making processes as well as to foster collaborations with stakeholders-NGOs, policymakers and industry representatives-in order to identify key ethical issues in contemporary debate and develop strategies to address them.
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