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John Basl is an Associate Professor at the Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, with an affiliate appointment in the Department of Philosophy and Religion. His research focuses on the ethics of technology, particularly artificial intelligence, data ethics, and environmental ethics, while bridging moral philosophy and interdisciplinary collaboration.
He holds a PhD in Philosophy (2011) from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His work includes empirical studies on ethics education in computer science and theoretical explorations of machine moral status and automated decision-making. He co-edited the book Designer Biology: The Ethics of Intensively Engineering Biological and Ecological Systems (2013).
Recent publications analyze transparency in AI systems (2025, 2023) and the moral implications of synthetic biology (2013). His research also extends to international climate negotiations (2014) and animal ethics (2018). He leads the Northeastern Ethics Institute, promoting interdisciplinary ethical frameworks.
