Ricky Mouser

Ricky Mouser is a Hecht-Levi Fellow at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, where he conducts research at the intersection of bioethics and artificial intelligence. With a PhD in Philosophy from Indiana University, his work explores how the incompleteness and incommensurability of our values preclude their strict optimization while still allowing for qualitative moral progress.

His educational background includes:

• PhD in Philosophy from Indiana University (2024)

Mouser's research focuses on ethical tradeoffs in AI and bioethics, examining how different values come into conflict and how we can frame these conflicts in more illuminating ways. He reconstructs where our values and practices come from and how they've shaped each other over time. His work spans social and political philosophy, aesthetics, and philosophy of games and sports, with a particular interest in developing ethical vocabulary for contemporary challenges like AI integration in education and healthcare allocation dilemmas.

His recent publications reveal a strong thematic connection between theoretical ethics and practical applications, particularly examining how AI impacts educational practices, how to ethically conceptualize political protest, and how effective altruism might be reconceptualized through mutual aid frameworks that acknowledge political commitments.

His notable recognition includes:

• Hecht-Levi Fellowship at Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics

Mouser actively participates in academic discourse through conference presentations and philosophical discussions on contemporary ethical issues. His approach emphasizes reconstructing the historical development of values and practices to identify inherited tensions that can be addressed to improve future ethical frameworks. He has organized events like the "Who's Responsible For ChatGPT?" conference on AI ethics.

As a member of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, Mouser collaborates with interdisciplinary teams examining complex ethical questions at the intersection of technology, medicine, and society, contributing philosophical perspectives to practical bioethical challenges.