Giles Howdle

Giles Howdle is a Researcher at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies within the School of Humanities at Utrecht University, focusing on ethics and metaethics. His work intersects philosophy and the ethical implications of socially disruptive technologies.

• Key Projects: Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies (ESDiT), exploring mutual justification approaches (contractualism, constructivism, discourse ethics) to assess the moral permissibility of technologies that destabilize social norms.
• Research Themes: Examines whether moral concepts are disrupted by technological change, challenges for ethical theories under destabilized social contexts, and the foundations of moral normativity through constructivist frameworks.

Education:

• PhD in Philosophy from the University of Edinburgh, focusing on constructivist accounts of moral normativity.

Teaching Experience: Courses on Ethics, Philosophy of AI, and Moral Responsibility.