Jonathan Leighton
Biographic Data
| ID | 9640032 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jonathan Leighton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jonathan |
| FAMILY NAME | Leighton |
| SIGNATURE | LEIGHTON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Organisation for the Prevention of Intense Suffering |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7397-5891 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
From Mollusks to Machines
Ethical thinking can be pragmatically framed as striving for impact in improving the world, without relying on traditional moral language. Consciousness or sentience is central to anything mattering, but only suffering has an inherent urgency to be addressed. This call to action applies regardless of species or physical substrate. From a perspective on personal identity that recognizes separateness as an illusion, the most extreme suffering can b…
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From Mollusks to Machines
Ethical thinking can be pragmatically framed as striving for impact in improving the world, without relying on traditional moral language. Consciousness or sentience is central to anything mattering, but only suffering has an inherent urgency to be addressed. This call to action applies regardless of species or physical substrate. From a perspective on personal identity that recognizes separateness as an illusion, the most extreme suffering can b…
Consciousness (1 work) · Ethics and Social Impacts of AI (1 work) · Happiness (1 work) · Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems (1 work) · Moral injury (1 work) · Moral responsibility (1 work) · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations (1 work) · Sentience (1 work)