Margit Sutrop


Margit Sutrop is an Estonian philosopher, ethicist, academic, and politician.
She is Professor of Practical Philosophy at the University of Tartu,
where she is also the founding Director of the Centre for Ethics. She has been
elected twice to the Estonian Parliament and is a Member of Academia Europaea.
Since 2004, she has served as an ethics expert to the European Commission. Her
research interests include the value alignment of AI, trust in science, moral
disagreements, value pluralism, values education, human nature, ethical
frameworks for artificial intelligence, human genetic databases, e-health, and
biometric technologies. She is a member of XIV Riigikogu.
She was born in Tartu. In 1989, she graduated from the University of Tartu, and in 1991.
She is married to Urmas Sutrop.
She stood as a candidate in the 2023 Riigikogu elections, where she received 1102 votes in constituency No 10.

Awards

Selected publications

  • "Teadus ja teadmistepõhine ühiskond", 2005
  • "Eesti Vabariigi naisministrid. Koguteos naistest poliitika tipus", 2007
  • "Eetikakoodeksite käsiraamat", 2007
  • "Mõtestatud Eesti – ühiseid väärtusi hoides", 2008
  • "Eetika teadustes ja ühiskonnas. Tartu Ülikooli eetikakeskus 10", 2011
  • "Väärtuspõhine kool. Eesti ja maailma kogemus", 2013
  • "Eetikakoodeksid. Väärtused, normid ja eetilised dilemmad", 2016
  • "Marika Mikelsaar. Multiresistentne Mamma Bakter", 2008