Bio

Jack Harris Ph.D., M.A. is an Assistant Teaching Professor at NC State University, where he works on on bioethics, AI and technology ethics, normative ethics, and metaethics. His research joins theoretical work on deontological pluralism with applied work in bioethics and data/AI ethics, namely focusing on how autonomy shapes justificatory space within pluralistic frameworks, and the extent to which considerations of autonomy can be ‘weighed’ against competing moral considerations.

Professor Harris is a faculty Research Associate of the NeuroComputational Ethics Research Group, a member of Centering AI, Society, and Ethics (CASE), and a faculty affiliate of the Department of Integrative Humanities and Social Sciences at NC State. He has published on bioethics, AI ethics, and normative ethics. Prior to joining NC State, Professor Harris previously held positions at Boston College, UMass Boston, and Boston University. 

Recent Publications

Monograph

Harris J. Remapping Autonomy in Bioethics, Bloomsbury Publishing (under contract, due Spring 2027).

Articles

Harris J., Young J, Dubljević, V., (2025) “Three Moral Fault Lines for Therapeutic Conversational Artificial Intelligence” American Journal of Bioethics (forthcoming; accepted February 2026).

Harris, J. (2026). Autonomy Deadlock and Bioethical Principlism. The American Journal of Bioethics, 26(3), 52–56. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2026.2623871

Harris, J., & Dubljević, V. (2025). Navigating the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence. Encyclopedia, 5(4), 201. https://doi.org/10.3390/encyclopedia5040201

Harris J., Respess S. (2025) “Ordering Care Principles for Cost-Related Nonadherence” American Journal of Bioethics, 25(8), 134–137. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2025.2526739

Harris J. (2024)“Challenges for Environmental Justice under Bioethical Principlism” American Journal of Bioethics, 24 (3): 65-67. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2024.2303139

Harris J. (2022) “Moral Wrongs, Epistemic Wrongs, and the FDA” American Journal of Bioethics 22 (10): 34-37. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2022.2110967

Chapters

Harris J., Dubljević, V. (2026) “Artificial Intelligence: Tools, Peers, or Aspirants” In Barfield and Blitz (Eds.), Law, Ethics, and Superintelligence: After the Singularity. Edward Elgar Publishing 1-30. (forthcoming; accepted February 2026).

Harris J., Dubljević, V. (2026) “Contemporary Perspectives on A.I. and Neurocomputational Ethics” In Flöther, Hoffman, & May (Eds.), AI Ethics: From Industry to Philosophy to Science Fiction. Springer Nature. 1-18. (accepted March 2025, preprint)

Teaching Interests

Professor Harris presently teaches PHI 325 / STS 325: Bio-medical Ethics; PHI 227: Data Ethics. He has previously taught courses on Ethical Theory, Environmental Ethics, Moral and Social Problems in Philosophy, Social Ethics, and the History of Philosophy, among other topics.