Social Implications of Emerging Technologies in Agriculture

Raymond Anthony is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alaska Anchorage. His publications are at the intersection of environmental-animal-climate-food ethics and the philosophy of technology. He serves on the American Veterinary Medical Association’s (AVMA) Animal Welfare Committee and is a co-author on the AVMA’s Euthanasia, Humane Slaughter and Depopulation Guidelines, respectively. He has published peer-reviewed articles and book chapters with scientists, veterinarians and ethicists on ethical assessment, bioethical analysis, governance and decision-making, stakeholder engagement, sustainability, climate ethics and food and agricultural ethics, including a Council on Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) report, Well-being of Agricultural Animals: Scientific, Ethical, and Economic Aspects of Farm Animal Welfare (2018). He was co-PI on an USDA research project focused on developing curriculum for agricultural animal bioethics and conducted a CAPES sponsored values-aware research that explores challenges to the sustainability of the dairy chain in southern Brazil. Prof. Anthony co-chaired the food and water systems working group for the Anchorage Climate Action Plan. Currently, he is PI for a National Institute of Food and Agriculture sponsored research project, WELLANIMAL, a project seeking to both map the ethical dimensions and epistemological challenges that affect human-animal relationships and develop strategies to promote farm animal welfare and care, during a novel pandemic.