Assistant Professor Nick Schuster received his Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Georgia, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Australian National University. Dr. Schuster has research interests in ethical theory, applied ethics, and the history of Western ethics. Much of his work focuses on what it means to be a good moral agent and how people develop into such agents. He also writes about the ethics and politics of artificial intelligence, regarding both how AI shapes human moral agency and how human moral agency shapes AI. Nick Schuster's personal web page Education Education: PhD, Washington University in St. Louis BA, The College of St. Benedict & St. John's University Research Research Interests: Ethical Theory History of Western Ethics Moral Psychology Ethics and Politics of AI Research Areas: Normative Ethics, Applied Ethics, History of Ethics Selected Publications Selected Publications: 2025, “Moral Disagreement and the Limits of AI Value Alignment: A Dual Challenge of Epistemic Justification and Political Legitimacy” (with Daniel Kilov). AI & Society 2024, “Attention, Moral Skill, and Algorithmic Recommendation” (with Seth Lazar). Philosophical Studies 2023, “The Skill Model: A Dilemma for Virtue Ethics.” Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 2020, “Complex Harmony: Rethinking the Virtue-Continence Distinction.” The Journal of Ethics Courses Taught Courses Regularly Taught: PHIL 1005 Awards, Honors and Recognitions Of note: Young Ethicist Prize, Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress (2019)
