Ethics TV with Jonathan MacDonald – Details, episodes & analysis

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Kirk G. Mensch is Professor of Ethics & Organizational Psychology and Director of Graduate Programs in the Catherine T. MacArthur School at Palm Beach Atlantic University. He is an ethicist and theoretical psychologist whose research is focused in moral psychology and applied ethics. Dr. Mensch started teaching at the university level in 2004 at the College of William & Mary and, since then, has continued to teach and lecture at various institutions in the U.S. and the U.K.

Dr. Mensch is published in several peer-reviewed academic journals on topics related to moral psychology, leadership development and theory, ethics, the philosophy of science, and is a member of several academic societies including the Society for Business Ethics and the International Society for MacIntyrean Ethics. He has more recently vetted his research at universities such as Oxford, Imperial College London, Notre Dame, and Durham University, and is a regular presenter and speaker at various universities and conferences around the world. His more recent research is focused on the problem of inconsistent moral assumptions within the social sciences. He has previously argued (various papers can be located on academia.edu) that incommensurate moral assumptions within many theories, that are later turned into practice, must be considered at the outset because these theories may be unwittingly presented as morally generalizable, which can cause confusion at all levels of society and allow politicians, lawyers, and clever people to create misleading and misguided arguments as they use the results of research based in morally problematic theories as the basis of arguments presented in the public arena. Dr. Mensch has also connected this problem to the disengagement of moral self-sanctions, cognitive distress, and self-harm, including suicide.

Dr. Mensch also has over 25 years of trusted advisor and consulting experience in both the public and private sectors. He is a former U.S. Intelligence Community Officer, combat veteran, and government contractor who served as a leader (and Jumpmaster) at various levels with the famed 82nd Airborne Division and he has a long history of working with U.S. agencies and foreign governments to solve challenging problems. Dr. Mensch also dedicates time to advocate for Disabled Veterans and is involved in volunteer activities with several organizations.

Degrees:
- PhD Ethics & Organizational Psychology, University of Exeter
- PhD Human Resource Development & Org. Leadership, Regent University
- MBA Webster University
- BS Economics, West Virginia University

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirkmensch/

https://www.pba.edu/directory/kirk-mensch/

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Prashant is back on the show, discussing morality, individuality, fairness, and subjectivity.

Links mentioned:

https://medium.com/the-mission/right-and-wrong-dont-exist-7045eefbdfec

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/baby-justice/

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This is the lowdown on what's happening around data privacy, AI, big tech, and ethics. In this episode, I refer to the below links. If you have time, take a look:

The Deloitte piece:

https://action.deloitte.com/insight/3050/journey-to-2030:-data-privacy-a-very-public-concern

The Privacy Dilemma:

https://www.jonathanmacdonald.com/post/the-privacy-dilemma

28 Thoughts:

https://www.jonathanmacdonald.com/project/28

The Disney situation:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/disney-says-man-cant-sue-wifes-death-agreed-disney-terms-service-rcna166594

The NVIDIA situation:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/nvidia-caught-scraping-youtube-ai

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Is morality declining? Do we live in a post-ethical age? In this chat, Jonathan and Prashant Bhawalkar discuss these topics and go deep into the rabbit hole.

Prashant is a writer and novelist based in Montreal, Canada. His first novel Unruly Times was published in 2009. A satire on identity politics in literature, it went on to get longlisted for the Vodafone Crossword Book Award. He was born in Mumbai, India and has lived in Sydney, Toronto, New York, Singapore, San Francisco, and Montreal. Prashant has worked in journalism, advertising, and healthcare communications.

The Academy Of Advanced Thought as mentioned by Jonathan, can be explored here: https://academyofadvancedthought.com/

The paper mentioned by Jonathan entitled 'The illusion of moral decline' can be found here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06137-x

One of the books mentioned by Prashant entitled 'The Brothers Karamazov' by Fyodor Dostoevsky can be learned about here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brothers_Karamazov

Prashant also referenced Iliad (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliad) and, of course, The Life Of Brian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Life_of_Brian)

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Dr Jane is a thought leader in the rapidly developing field of Metaverse, which is projected by Citi to be a $13 trillion industry by 2030. A well known author, she is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of “Metaverse”, and “Frontiers in Blockchain”

She has published over 40 peer reviewed articles, and multiple books including “Blockchain for Global Social Change,” and “Advancements in the New World of Web 3: A Look Toward the Decentralized Future”

She is frequently invited by the tech industry to deconstruct the Digital Future and explain how this growing industry will impact on their work.

She is one of the Thinkers 360 Top 20 Global Thought Leaders in Blockchain and named as One of 8 Metaverse Experts to Follow - and top 100 Women in Web 3 and Metaverse.

She was featured in CNN Documentary “DeCoded” and a CNN OpEd piece entitled “The metaverse could be transformative, but its a legal and ethical minefield.”

She also created a successful international development company that reached $250 million in revenue.

All her links can be found here: https://drjanethomason.net/

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Mois Navon teaches Ethics in Artificial Intelligence at Ben Gurion University.

He wrote his doctoral dissertation at Bar Ilan University entitled, “The Moral Status of AI,” which seeks to understand how humans should interact, morally, with AI humanoids - be they mind-less or mind-ful.

His research combines his rabbinic background in moral philosophy as well as his technical experience of 35 years as a computer design engineer.

Mois received his Master’s degree in Jewish Philosophy from Bar Ilan University and his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles.

He has rabbinic ordination through the Mercaz Harav Kook Yeshiva in Jerusalem, Israel.

His teachings can be found at www.divreinavon.com (I'd personally suggest checking out the ethics & AI section which is a great read and useful resource: https://divreinavon.com/ethics-ai/)

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Big tech is igniting big fires and burning human rights to make the fires brighter. This video discusses why we need to build alternatives and what history can teach us. Presented by Jonathan MacDonald, CEO & Founder of SELF, the System Effective Lifestyle Filter. Your personal, private and adaptive AI, delivering your web, your way. For more info on SELF and the sister project ENTIRETY, click here.

Ever wondered what the heck is going on? Why do things seem so weird nowadays? The answer may be more fundamental than you think. Presented by Jonathan MacDonald, CEO & Founder of SELF, the System Effective Lifestyle Filter. Your personal, private and adaptive AI, delivering your web, your way. For more info on SELF and the sister project ENTIRETY, click here.

The talks by Donald Trump and Edward Snowden at the Bitcoin Conference in Nashville 2024 highlighted the ethical challenges of corporations, big tech and politics, in the face of human rights and the original purpose of blockchain technology. Presented by Jonathan MacDonald, CEO & Founder of SELF, the System Effective Lifestyle Filter. Your personal, private and adaptive AI, delivering your web, your way. For more info on SELF and the sister project ENTIRETY, click here.