Prof. Dr. Peter Königs
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Vita
Peter Königs is Professor of Practical Philosophy with a focus on challenges of new technologies at TU Dortmund University. His research revolves around topics in the ethics of technology, especially related to Big Data and Artificial Intelligence. Beyond the ethics of technology, he also has research interests in political philosophy and moral psychology.
Peter Königs studied philosophy and politics in Tübingen, Cambridge and Paris (Sciences Po). He received his PhD from Tübingen University and holds degrees from Tübingen University (Magister) and Cambridge University (MPhil). Prior to joining TU Dortmund, he was an Assistant Professor at the Ethics Institut of Utrecht University and held postdoc positions at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, RWTH Aachen University and KIT Karlsruhe.
Seit 2023: Juniorprofessor für Praktische Philosophie mit Schwerpunkt Herausforderungen neuer Technologien am Institut für Philosophie und Politikwissenschaft der TU Dortmund.
2022-2023 Assistant Professor, Universität Utrecht
2021-2022 Postdoc, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
2019-2021 Postdoc, RWTH Aachen
2018-2019 Postdoc, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
2018 Promotion in Philosophie, Universität Tübingen (2016 Forschungsaufenthalt an der Universität Cambridge)
2013 MPhil in Philosophie, Universität Cambridge
2012 Magister in Philosophie und Politikwissenschaft, Universität Tübingen (2008-2009 Auslandsaufenthalt an der Sciences Po Paris)
Lehr- und Forschungsbereich
Publikationen
- 2024, Sonderheft von Ethical Theory and Moral Practice zu 'Moral Psychology and the Goals of Moral Education' (mit Gregor Hochstetter)
- 2022, topical collection von Philosophy & Technology zu 'AI and Responsibility' (mit Niel Conradie und Hendrik Kempt)
- im Erscheinen, „No wellbeing for robots (and hence no rights)”, American Philosophical Quarterly.
- 2024, „Introduction to the Special Issue on Moral Psychology and Moral Education”, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice (27), S. 1-4 (mit Gregor Hochstetter).
- 2023, "Of trolleys and self-driving cars: What machine ethicists can and cannot learn from trolleyology", Utilitas (35), S. 70-87.
- 2022, "Introduction to the Topical Collection on 'AI and Responsibility'", Philosophy & Technology (mit Niel Conradie und Hendrik Kempt).
- 2022, "Why Be a Subjectivist About Wellbeing?", Canadian Journal of Philosophy (52), S. 165-179. postprint (pdf)
- 2022, "Artificial Intelligence and Responsibility Gaps: What is the Problem?", Ethics & Information Technology (24).
- 2022, "What is Techno-Optimism?", Philosophy & Technology (35), 63.
- 2022, "Government Surveillance, Privacy, and Legitimacy", Philosophy & Technology (35), S. 1-22.
- 2021, "Paradoxes of Toleration", in M. Sardoč (Hg.): Palgrave Handbook of Toleration (S. 93-108). Palgrave Macmillan.
- 2021, “The Simplicity of Toleration”, Critical Review of Social and Political Philosophy, (24/1), S. 5-24. postprint (pdf)
- 2020, "Introduction to the Special Issue on the Ethics of State Mass Surveillance", Moral Philosophy and Politics (7), S. 1-8. postprint (pdf)
- 2020, "Experimental Ethics, Intuitions, and Morally Irrelevant Factors", Philosophical Studies (177), S. 2605-2623. postprint (pdf)
- 2018, “Evolutionary Skepticism about Morality and Prudential Normativity”, Philosophia (46), S. 911-928. postprint (pdf)
- 2018, "On the normative insignificance of neuroscience and dual-process theory", Neuroethics (11), S. 195-209. postprint (pdf)
- 2018, “Two Types of Debunking Arguments”, Philosophical Psychology (31), S. 383-402. postprint (pdf)
- 2016, “Die Idee der Toleranz”, Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung (70), S. 424-448. postprint (pdf)
- 2015, „Pierre Bayles Verteidigung des irrenden Gewissens und das Paradox der Toleranz“, Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie (101), S. 1-16.
- 2013, „Was Toleranz ist, was sie nicht ist, und wie man sie nicht rechtfertigen kann: Eine Replik auf Lohmar“, Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung (67), S. 473-490. postprint (pdf)
- 2013, „The expressivist account of punishment, retribution, and the emotions”, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice (16), S. 1029-1047.
- 2012, “Patriotism. A Case Study in the Philosophy of Emotions”, in Grazer Philosophische Studien (85), S. 299-309.
- 2023, Diego E. Machuca (Hg.), Evolutionary Debunking Arguments: Ethics, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Mathematics, Metaphysics, and Epistemology, International Journal for the Study of Skepticism (1), S. 1-7.
- 2021, Julia Hermann, Jeroen Hopster, Wouter Kalf and Michael Klenk: Philosophy in the Age of Science? Inquiries into Philosophical Progress, Method, and Societal Relevance, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice (24), S. 633-635.
- 2023, Diego E. Machuca (Hg.), Evolutionary Debunking Arguments: Ethics, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Mathematics, Metaphysics, and Epistemology, International Journal for the Study of Skepticism (1), S. 1-7.