Luciano Floridi, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Info on the College of Oxford, Director of the Digital Ethics Lab of the Oxford Web Institute, and Distinguished Analysis Fellow of the Uehiro Centre for Sensible Ethics at Oxford, in addition to Professor of Philosophy and Authorized Research on the College of Bologna, has been awarded the Cavaliere di Gran Croce Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (Knight of the Grand Cross, first-class) by Italy’s president, Sergio Mattarella.
The Cavaliere di Gran Croce Ordine al Merito is the best honor the Italian authorities bestows (on people who find themselves not heads of state). Dr. Floridi was acknowledged for his well-known work on philosophical issues associated to data expertise. Interviewed following his receipt of the award, he said:
Greater than 30 years in the past, I began wanting on the digital influence on folks’s lives, addressing the conceptual and moral points generated by the data revolution. Now, we hear about such points every single day – by way of privateness and freedom of expression, synthetic intelligence and driverless vehicles, apps and drones, internet and metaverse, cryptocurrencies and cybersecurity, and so forth. No facet of our lives has remained untouched by the digital revolution. So there’s a fixed circulate of latest mental challenges and moral issues that should be addressed by up to date philosophy.
He obtained the award yesterday in a ceremony on the Quirinal Palace in Rome.
