As a researcher
I started my research career in 1991 with a doctoral thesis on consequentialism and personal values thanks to a predoctoral fellowship. After my PhD, I am combining university teaching with research on specialized issues related to ethic consequentialism and applied ethics. I have participated in several national and international research projects and currently I am principal investigator in a project about moral enhancement and artificial intelligence. I have been visitor at the universities of Cambridge, East Anglia, Newcastle and Oxford
Publications
Lara, F. (2020). Tom Regan. La ética del respeto incondicional a los animales. En Flores, L. & Linares, J. (coord.)(2021), Historia filosófica sobre los animales vol III: Pensamiento Contemporáneo, UNAM-Editorial Almadia (in press).
Lara, F. (2016). El imperativo ético de la mejora moral. Gazeta de Antropología, 32 (2).
Lara, F. (2012). Should We Sacrifice Embryos to Cure People? Human Affairs, 22.
Lara, F. (2010). Inconsistencias del debate ético sobre células troncales embrionarias. En Moreno Múñoz, M. (coord.) (2010), Perspectivas en la investigación con células troncales. Aspectos científicos, éticos, sociales y legales, Editorial Comares.
Lara, F. (2010). Los toros y la legislación española. A propósito de la Sentencia del Tribunal Superior de Cataluña 854/2001 de 11 de julio. Doxa. Cuadernos de Filosofía del Derecho, 33.
Aguiar, F., Lara, F. & Lara, N. (eds.)(2009). Decicir en sociedad, Ediciones Chiryme-K.
Lara, F. (2009). El lugar del consecuencialismo en la ética contemporánea. En Aguiar, F., Lara, F. & Lara, N. (eds.)(2009). Decicir en sociedad, Ediciones Chiryme-K.
Lara, F. (2007). El valor de los animales y la utilidad de los derechos. En García Gómez-Heras, J.M. & Velayos, C. (eds.) (2007). Responsabilidad política y medio ambiente, Biblioteca Nueva.
Lara, F. (2006). Sentidos y retos del consecuencialismo de la regla. En Barragán, J. y Salcedo, D. (eds.)(2006). Las razones de los demás. La filosofía social de John Harsanyi, Biblioteca Nueva.
Lara, F. (2005). Cuando dar la vida y quitarla es una cuestión de cálculo utilitario.Telos, XIV.
Research projects
2021-2023 Moral improvement and artificial intelligence. Ethical aspects of a Socratic virtual assistant. SocrAI3 (B-HUM-64-UGR20). Junta de Andalucía-FEDER Funds. Principal investigator: Francisco Lara.
2020-2023 Digital ethics. Moral enhancement from its interactive use of artificial intelligence. EthAI+3 (PID2019-104943RB-I00). Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness. Spanish Government. Principal investigator: Francisco Lara
2020-2022 Genetic technologies in assisted human reproduction: access to health and the benefit of scientific advancement. (IG300520). UNAM (Mexico). Principal investigators: Mª Jesús Medina y Gustavo Ortíz
2017-2021 Stakeholder-informed ethics for new technologies with high socio-economic and human impact (Swafs-18-2016). European Commission. Principal Investigator: Philip Brey
2017-2019 Artificial intelligence and biotechnology of moral enhancement.. Ethical Aspects BioethAI+ (FFI2016-79000-P). Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness. Spanish Government. Principal investigator: Francisco Lara
2013-2016 Ethics and policy of biomedical advances for human enhancement. MEJORA (FFI2012-32565). Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. Spanish Govenment Principal investigator: Francisco Lara
2007-2010 Biotechnological interventions in humans: obtaining and using stem cells. Scientific, legal, philosophical and social aspects (SEJ-1558) Call for Projects of Excellence of the Junta de Andalucía.
Main researcher: Javier Rodríguez
2007-2010 Ethics, citizenship and democracy (P06-HUM-01691) Call for Projects of Excellence of the Junta de Andalucía.
Main researcher: José Rubio
2004-2007 Utilitarianism as the basis of applied ethics (HUM2004-05983-C04-02 / FISO). Ministry of Education and Science. ERDF funds.
Principal investigator: Francisco Lara