Dario Cecchini

Dario Cecchini is a Research Fellow in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at North Carolina State University, affiliated with the NeuroComputational Ethics research group. His postdoctoral role began in November 2022 under Dr. Veljko Dubljević's NSF-funded project on virtual reality simulations for autonomous vehicle ethics. He holds a Ph.D. in moral philosophy from the University of Genoa (2022), an MA from the University of Pisa (2017), and a BA from the University of Florence (2015).

His research focuses on intersections of moral psychology, applied ethics, and AI ethics. Key areas include moral judgment mechanisms, AI alignment challenges, and ethical frameworks for autonomous systems. Recent work advances the Agent-Deed-Consequences (ADC) model for traffic ethics and critiques reductionist views of moral intuitions as emotions.

Published in journals like Science and Engineering Ethics, AI & Society, and Neuroethics, his scholarship bridges empirical research and philosophical theory. Current projects address moral complexity in low-stakes traffic scenarios and the feasibility of moral bioenhancement through neurotechnological interventions.