Mark Walker

Mark Walker Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at New Mexico State University, where he occupies the Richard L. Hedden Endowed Chair. He serves on the Board of Directors of the IEET, on the editorial board of the Journal of Evolution and Technology, and served on the Board of Directors of Humanity Plus from 2002 to 2006. He founded Permanent End International (2004-2007), a nonprofit organization that promoted poverty reduction through aquaculture. Dr. Walker’s teaching and research interests include ethics, epistemology, philosophy of religion and philosophy of science. His current primary research interest is in ethical issues arising out of emerging technologies, e.g., genetic engineering, advanced pharmacology, artificial intelligence research and nanotechnology.

Home Page: http://www.nmsu.edu/~philos/facstaff.html

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Articles

"In Praise of Bio-Happiness (IEET White Paper 02)"   IEET Monographs  Dec 31, 2006

"Astrophysical Fine Tuning, Naturalism, and the Contemporary Design"   with Milan M. Cirkovic, in International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 20(3): 285-307  Oct 22, 2006

"Universal Superlongevity: Is It Inevitable And Is It Good?"   in Death And Anti-Death, Volume 3: Fifty Years After Einstein, One Hundred Fifty Years After Kierkegaard Charles Tandy, Ph.D., Editor. Ingram.  Feb 17, 2006

"Apologism, Prolongevistism and Utilitarianism"   Australasian Journal of Philosophy (forthcoming)  Feb 6, 2006

"Mary Poppins 3000s of the World Unite: A Moral Paradox in the Creation of Artificial Intelligence"   Permanent End  Jan 1, 2006

"Where did Marx go wrong?"   Cyborg Democracy  Sep 17, 2004

"Genetic Virtue"   Permanent End  Nov 19, 2003

"Prolegomena to any Future Philosophy"   Journal of Evolution and Technology  Feb 24, 2002