🧩 Philosophy Jun 16, 2026 · Justin Weinberg

When There’s no Fun in Funding: External Research Money, Ethics-Washing, and Positive Academic Freedom (guest post)

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When There’s no Fun in Funding: External Research Money, Ethics-Washing, and Positive Academic Freedom (guest post)
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Governments and firms are turning to philosophers and other scholars more and more in regard to the ethics of developing and regulating technology. Yet this engagement with ethics may be superficial, careless, or even manipulative—and the ethicists involved may not even be in a position to realize this.
“Ethics-washing” can take several forms.
In the following guest post, the authors (in alphabetical order)—Lisa Herzog (Groningen), Marijn Hoijtink (Antwerp), Gijs van Maan

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