{"links":{"self":"http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/FT250100305"},"data":{"type":"grant-details","id":"FT250100305","attributes":{"code":"FT250100305","administering-organisation":"Monash University","announcement-administering-organisation":"Monash University","scheme-name":"ARC Future Fellowships","grant-status":"Active","funding-commencement-year":2025,"years-funded":4,"project-start-date":"2026-03-01","anticipated-end-date":"2030-02-28","grant-summary":"The Moral Significance of Being Human. This Fellowship aims to explain and justify the moral significance of being human. This will be done through the development of an original philosophical framework, focused on addressing three critical challenges: human rights, aged care, and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The resulting framework will enable the generation of new knowledge about the foundations of human rights; which practices constitute dehumanisation; and what separates humans from AI. Expected outcomes of the project include advances in philosophical theorising; enhanced research capacity, through the development of an Early Career Researcher Network; and cross-disciplinary collaborations.    ","funding-current":1090148.00,"funding-at-announcement":1067196,"investigators-current":[{"title":"Dr","firstName":"Suzy","familyName":"Killmister","roleName":"Future Fellowship","roleCode":"FT","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0003-1082-783X "}],"investigators-at-announcement":[{"title":"Dr","firstName":"Suzy","familyName":"Killmister","roleName":"Future Fellowship","roleCode":"FT","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0003-1082-783X "}],"organisations-current":[{"organisationName":"Monash University","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"VIC"}],"organisations-at-announcement":[{"organisationName":"Monash University","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"VIC"}],"field-of-research":[{"isPrimary":true,"code":"5003","name":"Philosophy","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"500306","name":"Ethical Theory","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"500321","name":"Social and Political Philosophy","type":"FOR20"}],"socio-economic-objective":[{"code":"130304","name":"Social Ethics","type":"SEO20"},{"code":"230499","name":"Justice and the Law Not Elsewhere Classified","type":"SEO20"},{"code":"280119","name":"Expanding Knowledge In Philosophy and Religious Studies","type":"SEO20"}],"international-collaboration":["England","United States of America"],"lief-register":[],"achievement-summary":null,"national-interest-test-statement":"This project aims to explain and justify the moral significance of being human. While there has been much philosophical work attempting to provide such a justification, none has yet been able to show why all humans are equally morally significant. Without a clear understanding of why being human matters morally, though, we lack the ability to adequately defend institutions such as human rights; determine what forms of treatment are dehumanising, and what harms such treatment causes; and recognise the dangers as well as the opportunities of emerging artificial intelligences. An explanation and justification of the moral significance of being human would aid social cohesion, both globally and within Australia. This project will collaborate closely with stakeholders in the refugee sector, the aged care sector, and the information technology sector to ensure the research is informed by real-world priorities. These collaborations will also provide pathways to disseminate the research into the public domain, increasing the impact of the research beyond academia."}}}