Experimental philosophy · AI ethics · moral cognition
Philosopher and cognitive scientist working on experimental philosophy, AI ethics, autonomous systems, moral cognition, and supernatural beliefs.
Robin connects empirical philosophy with questions about agency, moral judgement and technology. Within XPhiRel, his work links supernatural belief and ritual efficacy with broader experimental work on how people reason about minds, responsibility and artificial agents.
Overview
Robin earned a doctorate in evolutionary biology at Charles University and also studied philosophy. His public profiles describe work on applied ethics, philosophy of technology, autonomous vehicles, machine agency, human enhancement, rescue robots and moral intuitions in adults and children.
Publications
- 2026Silvia Boschetti, Robin Kopecký, Jakub Binter, Lenka Příplatová, Konrad Talmont-Kaminski (2026). Black and White Magic: Efficacy of In-Group versus Out-Group Rituals. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion. DOI: 10.1080/10508619.2026.2696005.
- 2025Alicja Zawistowska, Robin Kopecký, Lenka Příplatová, Silvia Boschetti, Konrad Talmont-Kamiński, Jaroslav Flegr (2025). Superstitions, Religious Identity, and COVID-19 Conspiracy Beliefs in Secularized Czechia. Journal of Religion in Europe. DOI: 10.1163/18748929-bja10110.
- 2023Robin Kopecký, Michaela Jirout Košová (2023). Obava ze ztráty vlastního aktérství a absence morálního aktéra u autonomních dopravních prostředků. FILOSOFIE DNES. DOI: 10.26806/fd.v15i1.368.
- 2023Robin Kopecky, Michaela Jirout Košová, Daniel D. Novotný, Jaroslav Flegr, David Černý (2023). How virtue signalling makes us better: moral preferences with respect to autonomous vehicle type choices. AI & SOCIETY. DOI: 10.1007/s00146-022-01461-8.
- 2023Silvia Boschetti, Hermann Prossinger, Tomáš Hladký, Daniel Říha, Lenka Příplatová, Robin Kopecký, Jakub Binter (2023). Are Patterns Game for Our Brain? AI Identifies Individual Differences in Rationality and Intuition Characteristics of Respondents Attempting to Identify Random and Non-random Patterns. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-35979-8_12.
- 2023Jukka Sundvall, Marianna Drosinou, Ivar Hannikainen, Kaisa Elovaara, Juho Halonen, Volo Herzon, Robin Kopecký, Michaela Jirout Košová, Mika Koverola, Anton Kunnari, Silva Perander, Teemu Saikkonen, Jussi Palomäki, Michael Laakasuo (2023). Innocence over utilitarianism: Heightened moral standards for robots in rescue dilemmas. European Journal of Social Psychology. DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2936.
- 2022Robin Kopecky, Lenka Příplatová, Silvia Boschetti, Konrad Talmont-Kaminski, Jaroslav Flegr (2022). Le Petit Machiavellian Prince: Effects of Latent Toxoplasmosis on Political Beliefs and Values. Evolutionary Psychology. DOI: 10.1177/14747049221112657.
- 2022Mika Koverola, Anton Kunnari, Marianna Drosinou, Jussi Palomäki, Ivar R. Hannikainen, Michaela Jirout Košová, Robin Kopecký, Jukka Sundvall, Michael Laakasuo (2022). Treatments approved, boosts eschewed: Moral limits of neurotechnological enhancement. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2022.104351.
- 2021Michaela Jirout Košová, Robin Kopecký, Pavel Oulovský, Matěj Nekvinda, Jaroslav Flegr (2021). My friend’s true self: Children’s concept of personal identity. Philosophical Psychology. DOI: 10.1080/09515089.2020.1860209.
- 2020Jaroslav Flegr, Radim Kuba, Robin Kopecký (2020). Rhesus-minus phenotype as a predictor of sexual desire and behavior, wellbeing, mental health, and fecundity. PLOS ONE. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0236134.
- 2020(2020). Psychometric properties of csiv (Circumplex scales of interpersonal values) in the czech population. Ceskoslovenska Psychologie.
- 2019(2019). The moral problems of autonomous vehicles,Morální problémy autonomních vozidel,Problèmes moraux des véhicules autonomes,Das Problem der Moral bei autonomen Fahrzeugen. Filosoficky Casopis.
Public talks & media
- 2025AI a etika: morální asymetrie mezi člověkem a AI (AI and ethics: moral asymmetry between humans and AI)Pátečníci / Sisyfos public lecture
- 2025AI, děti, roboti a budoucnost lidstva (AI, children, robots, and the future of humanity)Filosofický ústav AV ČR / Zelený drát
- 2023Robofilosofie 2FAIRFILM, with Michaela Jirout Košová
- 2021
- 2019
- 2017Automaticky řízená auta (Self-driving cars)Pátečníci / Sisyfos
- 2016Moral Issues of SuperheroesEAGxPrague
- 2015
- 2015Ateistova příručka přežití (The atheist’s survival guide)Pátečníci / Sisyfos
- 2014Evoluce & FilosofiePátečníci / Sisyfos