Massimo VITTORIO

I am an Associate Professor of Moral Philosophy at the Department of Humanities of the University of Catania.

My research is primarily situated within the philosophy of technology, with particular attention to the anthropological, ethical, and political transformations produced by contemporary technologies, artificial intelligence, and techno-urban contexts. My work draws on the philosophical anthropology of José Ortega y Gasset, with a specific focus on his conception of technology as a reform of circumstances and on the centrality of biographical life. From this perspective, I analyze artificial intelligence not merely as a set of tools, but as an anticipatory and pre-interpreted environment that reshapes the conditions of action, ethical responsibility, and political engagement. I am currently completing a research project devoted to the conceptual figure of Homo Simplex.

Research Interests

• Philosophy of technology and artificial intelligence

• Techno-anthropology and philosophical anthropology

• Anthropological simplification and biographical life

• Time, technological mediation, and moral space

• Ethics and politics under contemporary technical conditions

• Urban ethics

Academic Activities and Appointments

I have carried out research and teaching activities in international contexts, including periods as Visiting Scholar and Visiting Professor in the United States and the United Kingdom, as well as serving as Fulbright Distinguished Chair at the University of Notre Dame (Indiana, USA).

I am the editor-in-chief of the peer-reviewed academic journal Etica-mente (ANVUR, Area 11) and participate in national and international research projects on ethics, technology, and contemporary social transformations. I also collaborate with the International Baccalaureate as a Senior Examiner and consultant for assessment and curriculum design, and I am the author of its official Academic Integrity document (Code of Ethics).

I currently serve as Vice-Chair of the Master’s Degree Programme (LM78) in Philosophical Sciences, as a member of the Faculty Board of the PhD Programme in Sciences of Interpretation, as an Academic Tutor for student orientation in the LM78 programme, and as Chair of the AAF Committee.