Future Morality

David Edmonds is Distinguished Research Fellow at Oxford University's Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics. He is the author, co-author, or editor of over a dozen books including the bestseller Wittgenstein's Poker (with John Eidinow), The Murder of Professor Schlick, Would You Kill The Fat Man?, and the children's book Undercover Robot (with Bertie Fraser). He is the host of Philosophy247 and Social Science Bites, and with Nigel Warburton he co-hosts Philosophy Bites (www.philosophybites.com), which has had over 42 million downloads worldwide.

• Future People 1.Future versus Present Morality - Hazem Zohny 2.How Should We Value the Health of Future People? - Bridget Williams 3.Can Alt-Meat Alter the World? - Anne Barnhill and Ruth R. FadenFuture Lives 4.Abolishing Gender - Brian D. Earp 5.The Future of Friendship - Rebecca Roache 6.Avatars - Erica L. NeelyFuture Machines 7.Predictive Policing - Seumas Miller 8.AI in Medicine - Angeliki Kerasidou and Xaroula (Charalampia) Kerasidou 9.Robots and the Future of Retribution - John Danaher 10.AI and Decision-Making - Jess Whittlestone 11.The Future Car - David EdmondsFuture Communication 12. The Future of Privacy - Carissa Véliz 13.Persuasive Technology - James Williams 14.Conspiracy Theories? - Steve ClarkeFuture Bodies 15.Mind-reading and Morality - Stephen Rainey 16.Love Drugs - Julian Savulescu 17.Technology to Prevent Criminal Behavior - Gabriel De Marco and Thomas Douglas 18.Artificial Wombs - Dominic Wilkinson and Lydia Di Stefano 19.Genetic Immunisation - Tess Johnson and Alberto Giubilini 20.Genome Editing in Livestock - Katrien Devolder 21.Brain Stimulation and Identity - Jonathan PughFuture Death 22.What Is Death? - Mackenzie Graham 23.Should We Freeze Our Bodies for Future Resuscitation? - Francesca Minerva 24.Posthumans - Anders Sandberg

Overall, contributors scrutinize the technology that has led to individual well-being and scientific/political progress while compromising privacy, highlighting the need for increased transparency and accountability. They persuasively argue that the future is about predictability and that the sooner emerging options are identified, the better. This book is a must read.