“Father of the internet” Vint Cerf speaks on emerging ethical issues around the internet in inaugural Emergent Ethics Network event
On April 2, 2025, “father of the internet” and disability rights activist Vint Cerf discussed emerging ethical issues around the internet in the first Distinguished Lecture of the new Emergent Ethics Network.
L-R: Myles Sheehan, Laura DeNardis, Vint Cerf, Dan Sulmasy, and Pete Marra
The lecture was followed by discussion with Dan Sulmasy, MD, PhD, director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics; Myles Sheehan, SJ, MD, director of the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics; Pete Marra, PhD, for the Environmental Justice Commons at Earth Commons; and Laura DeNardis, PhD, director of the Center for Digital Ethics.
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Learn more about Vint Cerf:
Official Biography from the Internet Hall of Fame
A Brief But Spectacular take on the future of the internet (2024)
“An Unexpected Message from the Future” (2020)
“Vint Cerf on accessibility, the cello and noisy hearing aids” (2018)
“Trust and the Internet” ( 2010)