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Paul Root Wolpe | TED Speaker

Paul Root Wolpe examines the ethical implications of new science -- genetic modification, neuroscience and other breakthroughs that stretch our current philosophy to the breaking point. He's the chief bioethicist at NASA, among other appointments.
Ethicist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/paul_root_wolpe

Stephen Coleman | TED Speaker

Stephen Coleman studies applied ethics, particularly the ethics of military and police force, and their application to human rights.
Ethicist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/stephen_coleman

Kelly Richmond Pope | TED Speaker

Kelly Richmond Pope researches organizational misconduct, ethics and fraud.
Fraud researcher, documentary filmmaker
https://www.ted.com/speakers/kelly_richmond_pope

Danielle Allen | TED Speaker

Danielle Allen is an expert on the intersection of ethics and democracy.
Classicist, political theorist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/danielle_allen

Steve Keil | TED Speaker

Based in Bulgaria, Steve Keil creates companies around big social and environmental goals.
Entrepreneur
https://www.ted.com/speakers/steve_keil

Jonathan Marks | TED Speaker

Jonathan Marks works at the intersections of ethics, law and policy -- writing and speaking about torture, obesity, fracking, health care and other pressing issues of our time.
Bioethicist, lawyer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jonathan_marks

Peter Saul | TED Speaker

Over the past 35 years Peter Saul has been intimately involved in the dying process for over 4,000 patients. He is passionate about improving the ways we die.
Doctor, intensive care specialist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/peter_saul

Surya Mattu | TED Speaker

Think of Surya Mattu as a data detective. As he writes: "I am interested in figuring out the ways in which algorithmic systems harm people."
Artist, investigative journalist, engineer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/surya_mattu

Peter Singer | TED Speaker

Sometimes controversial, always practical ethicist Peter Singer stirs public debate about morality, from animal welfare to global poverty.
Philosopher, ethicist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/peter_singer

Liene Ozoliņa | TED Speaker

Liene Ozoliņa teaches sociology and researches post-socialist politics and culture.
Political sociologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/liene_ozoli_a

Kwame Anthony Appiah | TED Speaker

Kwame Anthony Appiah is a philosopher, cultural theorist and novelist. His latest book is "The Honor Code," exploring moral revolutions.
Philosopher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/anthony_appiah

Rodrigo Canales | TED Speaker

Rodrigo Canales wants to understand how individuals influence organizations or systems--even those as complex as the Mexican drug cartels.
Business professor
https://www.ted.com/speakers/rodrigo_canales

Britt Wray | TED Speaker

Britt Wray's work is about life and what we make of it: past, present and future.
Science storyteller, author, broadcaster
https://www.ted.com/speakers/britt_wray

Michael Patrick Lynch | TED Speaker

Michael Patrick Lynch examines truth, democracy, public discourse and the ethics of technology in the age of big data.
Philosopher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/michael_lynch

Erika Bachiochi | TED Speaker

Erika Bachiochi is a legal scholar specializing in equal protection jurisprudence, feminist legal theory, Catholic social teaching and sexual ethics.
Legal scholar
https://www.ted.com/speakers/erika_bachiochi

Mary L. Gray | TED Speaker

Anthropologist and media scholar Mary L. Gray focuses on how the everyday use of technology (including artificial intelligence) transforms our lives -- for better and worse.
Anthropologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/mary_gray

Alice Dreger | TED Speaker

Alice Dreger studies history and anatomy, and acts as a patient advocate.
Historian
https://www.ted.com/speakers/alice_dreger

Thomas Pogge | TED Speaker

Philosopher Thomas Pogge wants to ensure medications get to those who need it most. He has published on a wide range of subjects such as global justice and human rights.
Philosopher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/thomas_pogge

Erika Cheung | TED Speaker

Erika Cheung was one of the key whistleblowers in the Theranos scandal.
Whistleblower
https://www.ted.com/speakers/erika_cheung

Aarathi Krishnan | TED Speaker

Aarathi Krishnan designs institutions and systems that help us imagine equitable futures for all.
Tech and human rights ethicist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/aarathi_krishnan

Jennifer Doudna | TED Speaker

Jennifer Doudna was part of inventing a potentially world-changing genetic technology: the gene editing technology CRISPR-Cas9.
Biologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jennifer_doudna

Kate Darling | TED Speaker

Kate Darling investigates the relationship between humans and robots -- now, and in the future.
Robot ethicist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/kate_darling

Nir Eyal | TED Speaker

Dr. Nir Eyal is an international authority in population-level bioethics with research in health inequalities, health promotion and research ethics, especially in resource-poor settings.
Bioethicist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/nir_eyal

James Hodge | TED Speaker

At Splunk, James Hodge builds elegant navigation tools to help make big data accessible and useful.
Data-driven technologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/james_hodge

Gordon Brown | TED Speaker

Britain's former prime minister Gordon Brown played a key role in shaping the G20 nations' response to the world's financial crisis, and was a powerful advocate for a coordinated global response to problems such as climate change, poverty and social justice.
British Prime Minister
https://www.ted.com/speakers/gordon_brown

Juan Enriquez | TED Speaker

Juan Enriquez thinks and writes about the profound changes that genomics and brain research will bring about in business, technology, politics and society.
Author, academic, futurist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/juan_enriquez

Ronald S Sullivan Jr. | TED Speaker

Ronald Sullivan is a leading theorist in the areas of criminal law, criminal procedure, trial practice and techniques, legal ethics and race theory.
Clinical professor of law
https://www.ted.com/speakers/ronald_sullivan

Jessica Kerr | TED Speaker

Jessica Kerr has been fascinated by the role of judges in society for over a decade, and increasingly concerned by the shroud of mystery that surrounds them.
Lawyer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jessica_kerr

Zelalem Adefris | TED Speaker

Zelalem Adefris's work in public health addresses racial health and wealth disparities, policy development and climate resilience in low-wealth communities of color.
Social and climate justice advocate
https://www.ted.com/speakers/zelalem_adefris

Travis Rieder | TED Speaker

Travis Rieder wants to help find a solution to America’s opioid crisis -- and if that sounds a bit too lofty, he’d settle for making clear, incremental progress in a responsible, evidence-based way.
Bioethicist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/travis_rieder
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