Seth Lazar (born 1979) is an Australian philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the Australian National University. He leads the Machine Intelligence and Normative Theory Lab.
Seth Lazar | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Seth Lazar at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics in 2022. | |
| Born | 1979 |
| Alma mater | Oxford University |
| Awards | Frank Chapman Sharp Prize, DECRA grant, Early Career Award (ASSA), Res Publica Postgraduate Essay Prize |
| Era | 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic |
| Institutions | Australian National University |
| Thesis | War and associative duties (2009) |
| Doctoral advisor | Henry Shue |
Main interests | political philosophy, moral philosophy |
| Website | http://www.sethlazar.xyz/ |
Lazar won the Frank Chapman Sharp Prize in 2011 "for the best unpublished monograph on the philosophy of war and peace".[1]He is known for his research on defensive war.[2]
Lazar's recent work has focused on "the morality, law, and politics of AI", with a particular focus on "the political philosophy of data and AI."[3] In 2021, Lazar was awarded an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship for the proposal "Automatic Authorities: Charting a Course for Legitimate AI.".[4]
He gave the 2023 Tanner Lecture on AI and Human Values at Stanford University.
Books
- Sparing Civilians, Oxford University Press, 2015
- The Morality of Defensive War, (Co-Editor, with Fabre, C), Oxford University Press, 2014
- Oxford Handbook of Ethics of War, (Co-Editor, with Helen Frowe), Oxford University Press, 2018