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RESEARCH TEAM<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ethics, engineering, medicine, public involvement, and science fiction. We bring different forms of expertise to one table to prototype ethics for futures that do not yet exist.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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LEADERSHIP<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PROJECT LEADERS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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FOUNDER<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reijiro Yauta<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

PhD Candidate, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alongside research on moral abolitionism\u2014the view that all moral practices should be abandoned\u2014he asks what form of ethics could be acceptable to everyone. He founded this project to use fiction to draw fully on human imagination, anticipating and addressing ethical problems in distant future societies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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CO-LEAD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kanako Takae<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Center for Human Nature, Artificial Intelligence, and Neuroscience, Hokkaido University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her research in animal ethics, bioethics, and AI ethics critically examines how far established ethical theories can address new ideas and questions, while developing new values and norms. By drawing on fiction and science fiction to make not-yet-existing societies and technologies concrete, she aims to reveal future problems that cannot be measured by present values alone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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MEMBERS \/ INTERSECTING EXPERTISE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Philosophy and engineering, medicine and the public, research and narrative. Each perspective contributes to our ethics prototypes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PHILOSOPHY \u00d7 ENGINEERING<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Masashi Takeshita<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Researcher, Graduate School of Informatics, Nagoya University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His work on AI ethics spans philosophy and engineering. He uses natural language processing to reduce gender bias in AI and to incorporate ethical considerations into AI systems, while also examining how we should treat nonhuman beings such as animals, robots, and AI. He serves as a bridge between engineering and philosophy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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MEDICAL ETHICS \u00d7 PPI<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Riku Kono<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Master\u2019s Student, Graduate School of Health Management, Keio University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His research focuses on medical ethics, especially patient and public involvement (PPI), which treats patients as collaborators and members of the healthcare team. Through fiction, he explores ways to deepen understanding among people with different positions and experiences. Interested in connecting entertainment and ethics, he envisions ethics as a creative practice that generates new questions and dialogue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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METHODOLOGY \u00d7 PRACTICE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yusuke Nagato<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lecturer, Research Center on Ethical, Legal and Social Issues, Osaka University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A research team member working to establish and apply the methodology of Ethics Prototyping.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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RESEARCH \u00d7 IMPLEMENTATION<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryuhi Sato<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

CEO, grubio Inc. \/ PhD Candidate, School of Life Science and Technology, Institute of Science Tokyo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A research team member working to put Ethics Prototyping into social practice from both research and business perspectives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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SCIENCE FICTION \u00d7 PROTOTYPE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rokudo Ningen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Novelist and science fiction writer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A research team member and science fiction writer involved in creating ethics prototypes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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