Peter G. Kirchschlaeger

Peter G. Kirchschlaeger is Professor of Ethics and Director of the Institute of Social Ethics ISE at the University of Lucerne, Visiting Professor at ETH Zurich, Visiting Fellow at the University of Tuebingen, and Research Fellow at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein in South Africa. He is a consultant in ethics to international institutions, organizations, companies and NGOs and currently serves as President of the Swiss Federal Ethics Committee. His research focuses on the ethics of AI, ethics of science and technology, ethics of human rights, ethics of children’s rights, political ethics, and business ethics. His most recent books are Ethics and the Digital Transformation of Human Work (2025); Human Rights and Religions: Non-State Actors and Their Correlation With Human Rights (2025); Ethical Decision-Making (2023); and Digital Transformation and Ethics: Ethical Considerations on the Robotization and Automation of Society and the Economy and the Use of Artificial Intelligence (2021).