1st Edition
Ethics and the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Institutionalization and Legitimacy in the European Union
Introduction 1. A History of Institutionalized Ethics 2. Mapping the Ethificiation of European Alternatives 3. The Types of Ethics and of Ethification Discourses 4. Research Ethics: Ethics Reviews at the European Commission 5. Policy Advisory Ethics: Ethical Expertise at the AI High-Level Expert Group 6. Industry Ethics: Making Ethics Standards and Certifications at IEEE 7. The Democratic Legitimacy of AI Ethics Conclusions: Rethinking the Role of AI Ethics
Biography
Simone Casiraghi is a Guest Professor and Post-Doctoral researcher at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) at the Law, Science, Technology and Society (LSTS) research group, where he obtained his PhD in law in 2024. He previously studied philosophy in Milan and at the University of Twente in the Netherlands. He is a member of the Brussels Laboratory for Data Protection and Privacy Impact Assessments (d.pia.lab) and Treasurer of the Belgian section of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (B-IVR). His research focuses on legal philosophy, risk-based regulations (including the AI Act and the Digital Services Act), sociology of risk and energy communities.
