Tutor information
Jonathan Pugh
Dr Jonathan Pugh is a a Senior Research Fellow and Manager of Visitors Programmes for the Uehiro Oxford Institute. Prior to joining the MSt, he was employed on the UK Pandemic Ethics Accelerator Project. His research interests lie primarily in issues concerning personal autonomy in practical ethics, and he is the author of Autonomy, Rationality and Contemporary Bioethics. He has also written on the ethics of gene-editing, criminal justice, human enhancement, and neuroethics.
Courses
This module will introduce basic questions and concepts in data ethics, as well as more general philosophical questions about the practical ethical issues raised by living in a data centric society.
An introduction to the key concepts and methods of contemporary ethics, providing you with a working knowledge of the basic concepts and approaches needed to engage in philosophical practical ethics.