Dr. Aaron J. Butler

Research Associate at the Chair of Protestant Theology

Research interests

Technology ethics (especially dual-use contexts: military and non-military), AI ethics (especially autonomous intelligence), machine ethics, value-based technology, philosophy of technology, history and philosophy of science and technology, and metaphilosophy

Education

• 2018 – 2024: Universität Luzern, Kanton Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland, ThD (summa cum laude) in Social Ethics (esp. Machine Ethics)
• 2011 – 2012: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Baden-Württemburg, Foreign Exchange Program
• 2010 – 2013: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, M.A.R. in Philosophy of Religion and Philosophical Theology
• 2005 – 2009: University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, M.A. in Philosophy        
• 1999 – 2002: University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, B.A. (cum laude) in Philosophy

Research experience

• March 2025 – Present: Research Associate, AI Ethics Research Hub of the HSU AI Institute at the Helmut Schmidt University/University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg (HSU/UniBwH), Chair of Social and Technology Ethics, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Holstenhofweg 85, 22043 Hamburg, Germany
• 1 April 2018 – 14 März 2024: Research Associate and Doctoral Student, Institute for Social Ethics ISE, Faculty of Theology, University of Lucerne, Lucerne, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
• November 2020 – April 2022:Content Editor & Editor for, Violence – Protest – Inequality from and Ethical Perspective, Zurich: TVZ, Published in July 2025: https://www.tvz-verlag.ch/buch/violence-protest-inequality-from-an-ethical-perspective-9783290202019/?page_id=1

HSU

Letzte Änderung: 28. April 2025