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44The Sensitivity of Neuroimaging DataNeuroethics 5 (2): 185-195. 2012.Abstract When new methods of generating information about individuals leave the confined space of research application the possibility of morally dubious application arises. The current propagation of neuroscientific diagnostics leads to new possibilities of misuse and accordingly new needs for the protection of individual privacy emerge. While most current privacy discussion focuses on sensationalist applications which aim/claim to gather information about psychological traits or even the con…Read more
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33Autonomie als Rechtfertigungsgrund psychiatrischer Therapien [Autonomy as a justification for psychiatric treatments]Ethik in der Medizin 26 (4): 317-330. 2014.Research with psychiatric patients raises frequently discussed, ethical questions, one of which is: Can psychiatric patients give consent to participation in research at all? To answer this and similar questions adequately, it is - according to our thesis - necessary to analyze first, which theoretical assumptions are made in established practice. To solve the question after the possibility of consent, compatible understandings of ‘disease’, ‘illness’ and ‘autonomy’ are crucial, but there is no …Read more
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4Wissenschaftsethische Probleme von BiopatentenJahrbuch für Wissenschaft Und Ethik 13 (1): 181-206. 2008.
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Michael Quante: Personales Leben und menschlicher Tod (review)Philosophischer Literaturanzeiger 57 (4). 2004.
Jan-Hendrik Heinrichs
Forschungszentrum Jülich
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Forschungszentrum JülichRegular Faculty
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RWTH Aachen (University)Other
Areas of Specialization
Normative Ethics |
Philosophy of Cognitive Science |
Scientific Research Ethics |