Ethics Center

Can AI Influence the Ways in Which We Exist Ethically With Animals

A live-streamed panel featuring all three Winter Series speakers discussing the question of how AI can influence our ethical relationship with animals. 

How Have Vocal Expressions of Emotions Evolved — Can Humans and Animals Understand Each Other

University of Copenhagen professor Dr. Elodie Briefer studies cross-species emotional communication and uses AI to analyze vocal cues that may reveal shared patterns of affect and social signaling. 

AI: Animal Intelligence?

University of Pennsylvania veterinarian Dr. Cynthia Otto discusses how AI tools deepen our understanding of animal cognition, with a special focus on working dogs and innovative approaches to measuring and improving canine welfare. 

AI for Sentient Beings

NYU professor Dr. Jeff Sebo examines AI’s intersection with the moral status of nonhuman animals and explores how emerging technologies might support or complicate efforts to advance animal well-being. 

Environmental Ethics: A talk with TerraCycle CEO and founder Tom Szaky

CEO and founder of TerraCycle gave a talk at the College and then participated in a panel discussion with Lake Forest College professors Jeff Sundberg, Lihn Pham, Todd Beer, and Glenn Adelson. 

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Tebatso Duba presents on "Racial Disparity in Health Care"

Tebatso Duba double-majored in Psychology and Philosophy, and now studies Philosophy at the University of Memphis. She is passionate about legal studies, civil service, and philosophy in general, and currently striving to study and practice law.