Dr. Lorraine K.C. Yeung 楊家頌博士
Academic Co-ordinator and Lecturer, Practical Philosophy / Generic Content - GE Level 1 Foundational Courses (Values and the Meaning of Life) / Generic Content - GE Level 2 Interdisciplinary Thematic Courses (Science, Technology and Society) / Generic Content - Free Electives (Philosophy), Division of Social Sciences
lorraine@hkbu.edu.hk3411 3034
Teaching Areas
Course(s) taught:- Ethical Challenges in Hong Kong
- Introduction to Philosophy
- Life and Death: Dialogue between Science, Religions and Philosophy
- Moral Philosophy and Moral Psychology
- Rethinking Technology: Progress or Threat?
- Technology and the Future of Humanity
- Horror Film and Fiction (UG course)
Research Interests
- Philosophy of Emotions
- Aesthetics
- Film and Philosophy
- Ethics of procreation
- Philosophy of technologies
- Moral psychology
Selected Publications
- Yeung Lorraine K.C., Tam Cecilia S.Y., Lau Sam, S.S., Ko Mandy M. (2023; on-line first). “Living with AI personal assistant: an ethical appraisal”. AI and Society (Springer) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-023-01776-0
- Yeung Lorraine K.C. and Ching Arthur C.S. (2023). “从道德心理学的进路初步探索“限肉令”的正当性”. 《中外医学哲学》, 第 XXI 卷 , 第 一 期 :93-112 (香港浸会大学应用伦理学研究中心出版). https://doi.org/10.24112/ijccpm.212660
- Yeung Lorraine K.C. “Meaning to the rescue?”, Think (2022) Volume 21, Issue 62, pp. 73 - 85 (Cambridge University Press). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1477175622000070
- Yeung Lorraine K.C. (2022). “Which way down the slippery slope: Arkangel or Digital Pacifier?” Film and Philosophy), vol. 26 (Society for the Philosophical Study of the Contemporary Visual Arts Press), pp.41-54. https://doi.org/10.5840/filmphil20218107
- Yeung, Lorraine K.C. and Pei, K.N. (book chapter, 2022). “Black Mirror as philosophizing about immortality, technology and human nature”, in (Shaw, D., Marshall, K. & Rocha, J. eds) Philosophical Reflections on Black Mirror (Bloomsbury Academic Press)
- Yeung, Lorraine K.C. (2021). “Why Literary Devices Matter”. The Polish Journal of Aesthetics (Jagiellonian University), 60(1/2021), pp.19-37. DOI: 10.19205/60.21.1
- Yeung Lorraine K.C. (2020). ‘Dewey, Foucault and the Value of Horror: Transformative Learning through Reading Horror Fiction’, Journal of Aesthetic Education (University of Illinois Press), vol. 54, no.2, Summer, pp. 75-93. https://doi.org/10.5406/jaesteduc.54.2.0075
- Yeung Lorraine K.C. (2019). 'An Aesthetic of Horror Film Music', Film and Philosophy, Vol. 23 (Society for the Philosophic Study of the Contemporary Visual Arts Press), pp.159-178. https://doi.org/10.5840/filmphil2019239
- 杨家颂 (2019), '什么决定生命的轻重:寄生兽', 收罗雅俊编, <<漫画与哲学>> (香港:中华出版), pp.114-127.
- Yeung Lorraine K.C. (2018). ‘The Nature of Horror Reconsidered’, in The International Philosophical Quarterly (Fordham University Press) 2018 June issue, pp. 125-138.https://doi.org/10.5840/ipq2018326104
- Yeung Lorraine K.C. (2016). ‘Spectator Engagement and the Body’, Film Studies (Manchester University Press) Autumn, Issue 15, pp.81-96. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7227/FS.0002
- Yeung Lorraine K.C. (2017). ‘Debating Procreation: Is it wrong to reproduce?’ (book review) The Philosophical Quarterly (Oxford University Press), vol. 67, pp.659-661.
Professional / Community Services
- Guest speaker for Hong Kong Practical Philosophy Society
- Guest lecturer for the course Foundations of Human Knowledge (HKU undergraduate course)
- Speaker for SCE Public Seminar
- Reviewer for the Journal AI and Society (Springer)
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