Seth Lazar

Seth Lazar (born 1979) is an Australian philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the Australian National University. He leads the Machine Intelligence and Normative Theory Lab.

Seth Lazar
Seth Lazar at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics in 2022.
Born1979
Alma materOxford University
AwardsFrank Chapman Sharp Prize, DECRA grant, Early Career Award (ASSA), Res Publica Postgraduate Essay Prize
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic
InstitutionsAustralian National University
ThesisWar and associative duties (2009)
Doctoral advisorHenry Shue
Main interests
political philosophy, moral philosophy
Websitehttp://www.sethlazar.xyz/

Lazar won the Frank Chapman Sharp Prize in 2011 "for the best unpublished monograph on the philosophy of war and peace".[1] He is known for his research on defensive war.[2]

Lazar's recent work has focused on "the morality, law, and politics of AI", with a particular focus on "the political philosophy of data and AI."[3] In 2021, Lazar was awarded an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship for the proposal "Automatic Authorities: Charting a Course for Legitimate AI."[4].

He gave the 2023 Tanner Lecture on AI and Human Values at Stanford University.

Books
  • Sparing Civilians, Oxford University Press, 2015
  • The Morality of Defensive War, (Co-Editor, with Fabre, C), Oxford University Press, 2014
  • Oxford Handbook of Ethics of War, (Co-Editor, with Helen Frowe), Oxford University Press, 2018

References
  1. "Frank Chapman Sharp Memorial Prize - The American Philosophical Association". www.apaonline.org. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  2. Tramel, Peter (5 April 2017). "Review of Sparing Civilians". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. ISSN 1538-1617. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  3. https://philpeople.org/profiles/seth-lazar?app=530page%3D2
  4. "ARC Future Fellowship Award".


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