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10Moral agents in medical research and practiceMedicine, Health Care and Philosophy 12 (1): 1-2. 2009.
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9In Pursuit of Nanoethics (edited book)Springer. 2014.The volume contributes to the ongoing nanoethics debate in four topical areas. The first part tackles questions of what could be called ‘meta-nanoethics’. Its focus lies on basic concepts and the issue of what - if anything - is truly novel and special about the new field of nanoethics or its subject matter. The second part of this volume presents a selection of interesting perspectives on some of the opportunities and challenges of nanotechnology. Part three takes a more in depth look at one of…Read more
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74Catholic Healthcare Organizations and How They Can Contribute to Solidarity: A Social-Ethical Account of Catholic IdentityChristian Bioethics 16 (3): 314-333. 2010.Solidarity belongs to the basic principles of Catholic Social Teaching (CST) and is part of the ethical repertoire of European moral traditions and European healthcare systems. This paper discusses how leaders of Catholic healthcare organizations (HCOs) can understand their institutional moral responsibility with regard to the preservation of solidarity. In dealing with this question, we make use of Taylor's philosophy of modern culture. We first argue that, just as all HCOs, Catholic ones also …Read more
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48Brains, Trains and Automobiles: An EditorialStudies in Ethics, Law, and Technology 2 (1). 2008.When we founded Studies in Ethics, Law and Technology we wondered if we might, like Icarus, be trying to fly too close to the sun. Had we set ourselves an impossible task in seeking to create a new community of interdisciplinary scholars under the umbrella of the words ethics, law and technology? Would expert scholars in biotechnologies, nanotechnologies, neurotechnologies, information technologies, weapons and security technologies, energy and fuel technologies, space based technologies, and/or…Read more
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39Ethics of mitigation, adaptation and geoengineeringMedicine, Health Care and Philosophy 15 (1): 1-2. 2012.
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39Challenges and Opportunities of Lifelog Technologies: A Literature Review and Critical AnalysisScience and Engineering Ethics 20 (2): 379-409. 2014.In a lifelog, data from various sources are combined to form a record from which one can retrieve information about oneself and the environment in which one is situated. It could be considered similar to an automated biography. Lifelog technology is still at an early stage of development. However, the history of lifelogs so far shows a clear academic, corporate and governmental interest. Therefore, a thorough inquiry into the ethical aspects of lifelogs could prove beneficial to the responsible …Read more
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17The significance of relatedness in healthcareMedicine, Health Care and Philosophy 17 (2): 169-170. 2014.
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25XXth European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health CareMedicine, Health Care and Philosophy 8 (2): 269. 2005.
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15Publication ethics: science versus commerceMedicine, Health Care and Philosophy 20 (2): 159-161. 2017.
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19The attentive reader of Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy will have noticed that the cover of the journal is different from earlier issues. From the eighth volume on the editorial team of Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy has changed. The reason (review)Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 8 1. 2005.
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Neural engineeringIn James J. Giordano & Bert Gordijn (eds.), Scientific and Philosophical Perspectives in Neuroethics, Cambridge University Press. 2010.
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44HECs in germany: Clinical ethics consultation in development (review)HEC Forum 13 (3): 215-224. 2001.
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5Editorial: Health and illness: From an analytical to a phenomenological approachMedicine, Health Care and Philosophy 10 (1): 1-2. 2006.
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39Genetic Diagnosis, Confidentiality and Counseling: An Ethics Committee’s Potential Deliberations about the Do’s and Don’ts (review)HEC Forum 19 (4): 303-312. 2007.
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86Ethical Expertise Revisited: Reply to Giles ScofieldKennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 18 (4): 385-392. 2008.This reply to Giles Scofield's critique of the authors' article in the June 2008 issue of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal highlights two main topics. First, contrary to what Scofield suggests, using the terms "ethics" and "morality" interchangeably constitutes an oversimplification that blurs important distinctions. Second, in a representative democracy, ethical expertise and consultation need not generate a "tragic choice" of the kind Scofield has in mind.
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8Ethical issues with regard to transplantation of cord blood stem cellsEthik in der Medizin 12 (1). 2000.
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30Solidarity and justice as guiding principles in genomic researchBioethics 21 (6). 2007.ABSTRACT In genomic research the ideal standard of free, informed, prior and explicit consent is sometimes difficult to apply. This has raised concern that important genomic research will be restricted. Different consent procedures have therefore been proposed. This paper explicitly examines the question how, in genomic research, the principles of solidarity and justice can be used to justify forms of diminished individual control over personal data and bio‐samples. After a discussion of the not…Read more
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31Das Klonen von Menschen Eine alte Debatte – aber immer noch in den KinderschuhenEthik in der Medizin 11 (1): 12-34. 1999.Definition of the Problem: The ethical debate on the cloning of human beings is by no means new. Its history goes back to the middle of the 1960s. However, the theoretical level of the contents of this debate still doesn't seem to have got past its initial stages.Arguments and conclusion: First, a short overview will be given of these 30 years of history of ethical debate, and some central concepts will be explained. Subsequently a critical analysis will be made of the arguments for and against …Read more
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29Medical humanities and philosophy of medicineMedicine, Health Care and Philosophy 10 (4): 357-358. 2007.
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11The field of medicine is generally greeted with great enthusiasm. This can be witnessed in the immense support for medical progress, which is widely hoped to lead to a realization of idealized goals. Indeed, with the help of medicine the human body would be controllable and constructible, human nature perfectible. However, enthusiasm in favor of medical progress is first and foremost a sentiment and, like all sentiments, not necessarily a product of rational contemplation. People are capable of …Read more
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52Catholic Healthcare Organizations and the Articulation of Their IdentityHEC Forum 20 (1): 75-97. 2008.
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51Ethics, Law, Technology and Policymaking: An EditorialStudies in Ethics, Law, and Technology 3 (2). 2009.This editorial explores the concept of ethics, law and technology within the context of policymaking. It draws upon the concepts of argument, concern and risk, alongside a presentation of the importance of utilizing a broad range of methods and perspectives in research in order to ensure good quality governance
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Dublin City UniversityResearcher
Dublin, Ireland
Areas of Specialization
Applied Ethics |
Areas of Interest
Applied Ethics |
Meta-Ethics |
Normative Ethics |
Social and Political Philosophy |