INVITED PRESENTATIONS
2019
'An Offensive Conversation' with Charlie Skelton, Comedy and Free Speech conference, University of Oxford (November 2019).
‘45 Minutes of Mind-Blowing Oral Pleasure (Or: A Moderately Engaging 45-Minute Talk About Double Entendre)’ How to Do Things with Jokes, conference at the University of Kent (October 2019).
2018
'Bad language', debate with Emma Byrne and John Gallagher, LSE Forum (December 2018).
‘A philosophy of swearing’ How the Light Gets In (May 2018).
‘Secrets of the world’, debate with Paul Boghossian, Rupert Sheldrake, and Hilary Lawson, How the Light Gets In, invited panelist (May 2018).
‘The madness of machines’, debate with Nigel Shadbolt, Timandra Harkness, and Kate Devlin, How the Light Gets In, invited panelist (May 2018)
2017
'The mystery of swearing's offensiveness', University of Warwick (November 2017).
'Is human enhancement a human right?' The Huxley Debate, British Science Festival, Brighton (September 2017).
'Smart drugs: is it cheating?' The Great Debate, Oxford University Museum of Natural History (June 2017).
‘What do we do when we censor swearing?’ Conference on Pejorative Language, University of St Andrews (June 2017).
‘The value of offensiveness’, University of Cardiff (April 2017).
Oxford Uehiro Centre Essay Prize, one of two invited judges (March 2017).
‘The value of offensiveness’, University of St Andrew’s (March 2017).
2016
‘The future of punishment’, Oxford University Press Philosophy Festival, Oxford (November 2016).
‘What is wrong with passive aggression?’ Oxford-Denmark Joint Ethics Workshop, University of Oxford (October 2016).
'Robot prison officers', How To Academy, London (September).
‘The new tools of justice’, Institute of Arts and Ideas Academy course, How The Light Gets In festival, Hay-on-Wye (June).
‘Dancing with the devil’, panel debate with Professors Simon Baron-Cohen and Peter Dews, chaired by Zoe Williams. How The Light Gets In festival, Hay-on-Wye (June).
‘Paradise lost?’, panel debate with David Pearce and Colin Tudge, chaired by Jo Marchant. How The Light Gets In festival, Hay-on-Wye (June).
'What is offensive about swearing?', Royal Institute of Philosophy public lecture, Oxford (April).
2015
'On swearing', St Cross College Special Ethics Seminar, Oxford (February).
2014
'Is unwanted pregnancy an illness?' University of Southampton workshop on Taking Pregnancy Seriously in Metaphysics, Ethics, and Epistemology (June).
‘Must conservatives accept biotechnological enhancement of conservative values?’, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE) (Charles Sturt University and the University of Melbourne) workshop on Human Enhancement: the Moral Challenge (March).
'Cyborg justice: punishment in the age of transformative technology'. Research seminar presentation at CAPPE, University of Melbourne (March).
'DSM-5: time to rethink the future of psychiatry and medicine'. Research seminar presentation at Monash University, Melbourne (March).
'Psychiatry's problem with reductionism'. Research seminar presentation at CAPPE, Charles Sturt University, Canberra (March).
2013
'DSM-5: time to rethink the future of psychiatry and medicine'. Research seminar presentation at the University of Hertfordshire (November)
'Cyborg justice: punishment in the age of transformative technology'. Philosophy society presentation at the University of Hertfordshire (November).
2012
Invited to participate in the Festival of Dangerous Ideas at Sydney Opera House to discuss ‘Human engineering and climate change’ paper (October). Declined due to family commitments.
2009
‘Can technology make us better humans?’, Oxford/IARU Global Leadership Summer Programme (July).
‘Ethics, speculation, and values’, Western Michigan University conference on Human Enhancement and Nanotechnology (March).
2008
‘The ethics of enhancement’, Oxford/IARU Global Leadership Summer Programme (July).
‘Self-esteem, self-knowledge, and self-deception’, University of Manchester and University of Oxford Moral Sciences Workshop (March).
2007
‘Some remarks on the nature of human nature’, City University of Hong Kong and Oxford Program on Ethics of the New Biosciences conference on Human Nature and Bioethics (December). With Mark Sheehan.
‘Self-esteem, mood enhancement, and human flourishing’, Ghent University workshop on Medical Neuroenhancement of Mood (November).
‘Is human enhancement too risky?’, University of Oxford Moral Philosophy Seminar (October).
‘Personal identity and life span extension’ (response), Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele (Italy) ENHANCE workshop on Life Span Extension (May).
OTHER PRESENTATIONS
2017
‘The value of minority languages’, Uehiro Seminar, University of Oxford (April 2017)
2016
‘What is offensive about swearing?’ Philosophy Society seminar, Royal Holloway (November 2016)
‘Psychosis and religious experience’, Uehiro Seminar, University of Oxford (June 2016).
2014
'Cyborg justice: punishment in the age of transformative technology'. Research seminar, Department of Politics, International Relations, and Philosophy, Royal Holloway (November).
'Does divine omniscience affect human freedom?' Uehiro work-in-progress seminar, Oxford (January).
2013
‘Cyborg justice: human enhancement and punishment’. Uehiro Seminar, Oxford (November). With Anders Sandberg and Hannah Maslen.
2009
'Governance and the yuck factor’, University of Oxford James Martin 21st Century School Advanced Research Seminar (March). With Steve Clarke.
2008
‘Ethics, speculation, and values’, University of Oxford James Martin 21st Century School Advanced Research Seminar (November).
‘Creating green dwarves: should we engineer humans to counteract climate change?’, University of Oxford James Martin 21st Century School Advanced Research Seminar (November). With Matthew Liao and Anders Sandberg.
2007
‘Should we enhance self-esteem?’, University of Oxford James Martin 21st Century School Advanced Research Seminar (November).
‘Cognitive bias and enhancement’, University of Oxford James Martin 21st Century School Advanced Research Seminar (April). With Steve Clarke.
‘Human enhancement and the risk of social disruption’, University of Oxford James Martin 21st Century School Advanced Research Seminar (January).
2006
‘Human nature and human enhancement’, University of Oxford James Martin 21st Century School Advanced Research Seminar (June).
2019
'An Offensive Conversation' with Charlie Skelton, Comedy and Free Speech conference, University of Oxford (November 2019).
‘45 Minutes of Mind-Blowing Oral Pleasure (Or: A Moderately Engaging 45-Minute Talk About Double Entendre)’ How to Do Things with Jokes, conference at the University of Kent (October 2019).
2018
'Bad language', debate with Emma Byrne and John Gallagher, LSE Forum (December 2018).
‘A philosophy of swearing’ How the Light Gets In (May 2018).
‘Secrets of the world’, debate with Paul Boghossian, Rupert Sheldrake, and Hilary Lawson, How the Light Gets In, invited panelist (May 2018).
‘The madness of machines’, debate with Nigel Shadbolt, Timandra Harkness, and Kate Devlin, How the Light Gets In, invited panelist (May 2018)
2017
'The mystery of swearing's offensiveness', University of Warwick (November 2017).
'Is human enhancement a human right?' The Huxley Debate, British Science Festival, Brighton (September 2017).
'Smart drugs: is it cheating?' The Great Debate, Oxford University Museum of Natural History (June 2017).
‘What do we do when we censor swearing?’ Conference on Pejorative Language, University of St Andrews (June 2017).
‘The value of offensiveness’, University of Cardiff (April 2017).
Oxford Uehiro Centre Essay Prize, one of two invited judges (March 2017).
‘The value of offensiveness’, University of St Andrew’s (March 2017).
2016
‘The future of punishment’, Oxford University Press Philosophy Festival, Oxford (November 2016).
‘What is wrong with passive aggression?’ Oxford-Denmark Joint Ethics Workshop, University of Oxford (October 2016).
'Robot prison officers', How To Academy, London (September).
‘The new tools of justice’, Institute of Arts and Ideas Academy course, How The Light Gets In festival, Hay-on-Wye (June).
‘Dancing with the devil’, panel debate with Professors Simon Baron-Cohen and Peter Dews, chaired by Zoe Williams. How The Light Gets In festival, Hay-on-Wye (June).
‘Paradise lost?’, panel debate with David Pearce and Colin Tudge, chaired by Jo Marchant. How The Light Gets In festival, Hay-on-Wye (June).
'What is offensive about swearing?', Royal Institute of Philosophy public lecture, Oxford (April).
2015
'On swearing', St Cross College Special Ethics Seminar, Oxford (February).
2014
'Is unwanted pregnancy an illness?' University of Southampton workshop on Taking Pregnancy Seriously in Metaphysics, Ethics, and Epistemology (June).
‘Must conservatives accept biotechnological enhancement of conservative values?’, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE) (Charles Sturt University and the University of Melbourne) workshop on Human Enhancement: the Moral Challenge (March).
'Cyborg justice: punishment in the age of transformative technology'. Research seminar presentation at CAPPE, University of Melbourne (March).
'DSM-5: time to rethink the future of psychiatry and medicine'. Research seminar presentation at Monash University, Melbourne (March).
'Psychiatry's problem with reductionism'. Research seminar presentation at CAPPE, Charles Sturt University, Canberra (March).
2013
'DSM-5: time to rethink the future of psychiatry and medicine'. Research seminar presentation at the University of Hertfordshire (November)
'Cyborg justice: punishment in the age of transformative technology'. Philosophy society presentation at the University of Hertfordshire (November).
2012
Invited to participate in the Festival of Dangerous Ideas at Sydney Opera House to discuss ‘Human engineering and climate change’ paper (October). Declined due to family commitments.
2009
‘Can technology make us better humans?’, Oxford/IARU Global Leadership Summer Programme (July).
‘Ethics, speculation, and values’, Western Michigan University conference on Human Enhancement and Nanotechnology (March).
2008
‘The ethics of enhancement’, Oxford/IARU Global Leadership Summer Programme (July).
‘Self-esteem, self-knowledge, and self-deception’, University of Manchester and University of Oxford Moral Sciences Workshop (March).
2007
‘Some remarks on the nature of human nature’, City University of Hong Kong and Oxford Program on Ethics of the New Biosciences conference on Human Nature and Bioethics (December). With Mark Sheehan.
‘Self-esteem, mood enhancement, and human flourishing’, Ghent University workshop on Medical Neuroenhancement of Mood (November).
‘Is human enhancement too risky?’, University of Oxford Moral Philosophy Seminar (October).
‘Personal identity and life span extension’ (response), Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele (Italy) ENHANCE workshop on Life Span Extension (May).
OTHER PRESENTATIONS
2017
‘The value of minority languages’, Uehiro Seminar, University of Oxford (April 2017)
2016
‘What is offensive about swearing?’ Philosophy Society seminar, Royal Holloway (November 2016)
‘Psychosis and religious experience’, Uehiro Seminar, University of Oxford (June 2016).
2014
'Cyborg justice: punishment in the age of transformative technology'. Research seminar, Department of Politics, International Relations, and Philosophy, Royal Holloway (November).
'Does divine omniscience affect human freedom?' Uehiro work-in-progress seminar, Oxford (January).
2013
‘Cyborg justice: human enhancement and punishment’. Uehiro Seminar, Oxford (November). With Anders Sandberg and Hannah Maslen.
2009
'Governance and the yuck factor’, University of Oxford James Martin 21st Century School Advanced Research Seminar (March). With Steve Clarke.
2008
‘Ethics, speculation, and values’, University of Oxford James Martin 21st Century School Advanced Research Seminar (November).
‘Creating green dwarves: should we engineer humans to counteract climate change?’, University of Oxford James Martin 21st Century School Advanced Research Seminar (November). With Matthew Liao and Anders Sandberg.
2007
‘Should we enhance self-esteem?’, University of Oxford James Martin 21st Century School Advanced Research Seminar (November).
‘Cognitive bias and enhancement’, University of Oxford James Martin 21st Century School Advanced Research Seminar (April). With Steve Clarke.
‘Human enhancement and the risk of social disruption’, University of Oxford James Martin 21st Century School Advanced Research Seminar (January).
2006
‘Human nature and human enhancement’, University of Oxford James Martin 21st Century School Advanced Research Seminar (June).