Shannon Vallor

Shannon Vallor is a philosopher of technology at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California. She is presently the William J. Rewak, S.J. Professor, and chair of the philosophy department.[1] She is president of the Society for Philosophy and Technology,[2] and an executive board member of the Foundation for Responsible Robotics[3] Shannon Vallor is also a scholar at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, where she and Princeton computer scientist Arvind Narayanan created a free, online module called "An Introduction to Software Engineering Ethics."[4] She was given the World Technology Award in Ethics in 2015,[5] and has authored numerous articles on ethical issues in emerging technology, as well as a book, "Technology and the Virtues: A Philosophical Guide to a Future Worth Wanting".[6]

Education and Career

She earned her PhD in philosophy from Boston College in 2001.[7]

While getting her Ph.D at Boston College, Shannon Vallor was a teaching fellow from 1997-1999 in the department of philosophy. She continued on to be a lecturer at the University of San Francisco from 2001-2003 and then Santa Clara University from 2003-2006. Vallor presently remains at Santa Clara University as a professor in the philosophy department

Selected Works

Books

Vallor, Shannon (2016). Technology and the Virtues: A Philosophical Guide to a Future Worth Wanting. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190498511

Journal Articles

Vallor, Shannon (2010). "Social Networking Technology and the Virtues," Ethics and Information Technology 12:2, 157-170.

Vallor, Shannon (2011). "Knowing What to Wish For: Human Enhancement Technology, Dignity and Virtue," Techne 15:2, 82-100.

Vallor, Shannon (2011). "Carebots and Caregivers: Sustaining the Ethical Ideal of Care in the 21st Century," Philosophy and Technology 24:3, 251-268.

Vallor, Shannon (2012). "Flourishing on Facebook: Virtue Friendship and New Social Media," Ethics and Information Technology 14:3, 185-199.

Vallor, Shannon (2014). "Armed Robots and Military Virtue," in The Ethics of Information Warfare, eds. Floridi and Taddeo (Springer) ISBN 978-3-319-04135-3

Vallor, Shannon (2015). "Moral Deskilling and Upskilling in a New Machine Age: Reflections on the Ambiguous Future of Character," Philosophy and Technology. 28: (2015), 107-124.

Encyclopedia Articles

Vallor, Shannon (2012; Revised 2015). "Social Networking and Ethics," Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. ISSN 1095-5054

References

  1. ↑ University, Santa Clara. "Faculty and Staff - Philosophy - College of Arts and Sciences - Santa Clara University". www.scu.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  2. ↑ "Contact | The Society for Philosophy and Technology". www.spt.org. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  3. ↑ "Executive Board | Responsible Robotics". responsiblerobotics.org. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  4. ↑ University, Santa Clara. "An Introduction to Software Engineering Ethics". www.scu.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-08.
  5. ↑ "2015 World Technology Awards Winners | The World Technology Network". www.wtn.net. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  6. ↑ Technology and the Virtues.
  7. ↑ University, Santa Clara. "Shannon Vallor - Faculty and Staff - Philosophy - College of Arts and Sciences - Santa Clara University". www.scu.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
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