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.hk
3411 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. “Flourishing with Disembodied AI”. Presented at the International Workshop on Philosophy and Ethics of AI, organised by National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. 7 September 2024 (Invited Conference Paper)
- Yeung, Lorraine K.C. “Good life in the technological age: the case for solitude as a techno-moral virtue”. Presented at the “What’s in a good life?” 2nd cross-sectional conference, organised by Ansgar University College, Norway. 13 June 2024 (Conference Paper)
- 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). “從道德心理學的進路初步探索「限肉令」的正當性”. 《中外醫學哲學》, 第 XXI 卷 ， 第 一 期 :93-112 (香港浸會大學應用倫理學研究中心出版). https://doi.org/10.24112/ijccpm.212660
- Yeung, Lorraine K.C. and Tam, Cecilia S. Y. “Technology and the Good Life? An ethical evaluation of Siri”. Presented at the 2022 Australasian Association of Philosophy Annual (on-line) Conference. 5 July 2022 (Conference Paper)
- Yeung Lorraine K.C. (2022). “Meaning to the rescue?”. Think, 21(62): 73-85 (Cambridge University Press). 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
- 楊家頌 (2019). “什麼決定生命的輕重：寄生獸”. 收羅雅俊編, <<漫畫與哲學>> (香港:中華出版), 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)
Grants
- SCE Seed Grant Funding Scheme 2023/24 for the research project “Perceptions of ChatGPT and its utilization for academic purposes among university students” (SCE/SGF/2223-02/03)
- SCE Seed Grant Funding Scheme - Pilot Project Grant in Environment and Human Health 2021 for the research project “Mental health: The association of the use of Siri with loneliness and social interaction among university students” (SCE/PPG/2021/02)
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