Adam D. Moore

Adam D. Moore is a Professor at the University of Washington's Information School (iSchool) and serves as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Philosophy. He received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Ohio State University in 1997. His academic career spans over two decades of research and teaching at the intersection of philosophy, information science, and policy development.

Moore earned his doctorate in Philosophy from Ohio State University (1997), establishing the foundation for his interdisciplinary work bridging theoretical philosophy with practical information policy issues. His educational background informs his approach to contemporary digital challenges through classical philosophical frameworks.

Professor Moore specializes in the ethical, legal, and policy dimensions of information in the digital age. His research focuses on intellectual property, privacy, freedom of speech, and data ethics, examining how these concepts interact in contemporary technological contexts. He approaches these issues from a philosophical perspective, often drawing on Lockean theories of property and rights. Moore's work is characterized by its practical relevance to current policy debates while maintaining rigorous philosophical foundations. He has been particularly influential in framing intellectual property debates through game theory and prisoner's dilemma models, offering novel justifications for copyright, patents, and trade secrets.

His scholarly output shows consistent productivity through 2025, with recent work addressing AI ethics, location-based augmented reality games, and taxation philosophy. The trend in his publications demonstrates increasing focus on emerging technologies while maintaining core philosophical rigor. His work spans both theoretical explorations in philosophy journals and applied analyses in computer science and policy venues.

• Intellectual Property: Moral and Legal Foundations (Cambridge University Press, 2025)
• Privacy, Security, and Accountability: Ethics, Law, and Policy (Rowman & Littlefield International, 2015)
• Privacy Rights: Moral and Legal Foundations (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2010)
• Intellectual Property and Information Control: Philosophic Foundations and Contemporary Issues (Routledge, 2004)

Professor Moore has been actively involved in academic service, organizing the "Information Ethics and Policy" conference in 2013. He has presented his research at numerous prestigious venues including the Association of Private Enterprise Education meetings and Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property research symposia at NYU Law School. His work has practical implications for policy development in digital rights management, surveillance regulation, and information control frameworks. He has collaborated across disciplines, including work with computer scientists studying user perspectives on augmented reality games.

Moore maintains laboratory and research team activities focused on information ethics, with recent projects examining the ethical implications of location-based technologies and AI systems. His work continues to evolve with technological developments, maintaining relevance to contemporary policy debates while grounded in philosophical principles.