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25A single cognitivw heruistic process meets the complexity of domain-specific moral heuristicsBehavioral and Brain Sciences 37 (5): 487-488. 2014.The inherence heuristic offers modest insights into the complex nature of both the is–oughttension in moral reasoning and moral reasoning per se, and does not reflect the complexity of domain-specific moral heuristics. Formal and general in nature, we contextualize the process described as “inherence heuristic” in a web of domain-specific heuristics.
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25Moral judgment in realistic traffic scenarios: moving beyond the trolley paradigm for ethics of autonomous vehiclesAI and Society 1-12. forthcoming.The imminent deployment of autonomous vehicles requires algorithms capable of making moral decisions in relevant traffic situations. Some scholars in the ethics of autonomous vehicles hope to align such intelligent systems with human moral judgment. For this purpose, studies like the Moral Machine Experiment have collected data about human decision-making in trolley-like traffic dilemmas. This paper first argues that the trolley dilemma is an inadequate experimental paradigm for investigating tr…Read more
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23Media portrayal of ethical and social issues in brain organoid researchPhilosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 17 (1): 1-14. 2022.Background Human brain organoids are a valuable research tool for studying brain development, physiology, and pathology. Yet, a host of potential ethical concerns are inherent in their creation. There is a growing group of bioethicists who acknowledge the moral imperative to develop brain organoid technologies and call for caution in this research. Although a relatively new technology, brain organoids and their uses are already being discussed in media literature. Media literature informs the pu…Read more
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22Autonomy is Political, Pragmatic, and Postmetaphysical: A Reply to Open Peer Commentaries on “Autonomy in Neuroethics”American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 7 (4). 2016.
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20To Disclose or Not to Disclose: When Fear of Nocebo Effects Infringes Upon AutonomyAmerican Journal of Bioethics 17 (6): 50-52. 2017.
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20Editors’ Statement on the Responsible Use of Generative AI Technologies in Scholarly Journal PublishingHastings Center Report 53 (5): 3-6. 2023.Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform many aspects of scholarly publishing. Authors, peer reviewers, and editors might use AI in a variety of ways, and those uses might augment their existing work or might instead be intended to replace it. We are editors of bioethics and humanities journals who have been contemplating the implications of this ongoing transformation. We believe that generative AI may pose a threat to the goals that animate our work but could also…Read more
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19Editors’ Statement on the Responsible Use of Generative AI Technologies in Scholarly Journal PublishingAmerican Journal of Bioethics 24 (3): 5-8. 2023.The new generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools, and especially the large language models (LLMs) of which ChatGPT is the most prominent example, have the potential to transform many aspects o...
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18Editors' statement on the responsible use of generative artificial intelligence technologies in scholarly journal publishingBioethics 37 (9): 825-828. 2023.Bioethics, EarlyView.
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18Toward a Legitimate Public Policy on Cognition-Enhancement DrugsAmerican Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 3 (3): 29-33. 2012.This article proposes a model for regulating use of cognition enhancement drugs for nontherapeutic purposes. Using the method of reflective equilibrium, the author starts from the considered judgment of many citizens that treatments are obligatory and permissible while enhancements are not, and with the application of general principles of justice explains why this is the case. The author further analyzes and refutes three reasons that some influential authors in the field of neuroethics might h…Read more
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18How Public Opinion Can Inform Cognitive Enhancement RegulationAmerican Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 11 (4): 245-247. 2020.
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17TDCS for Memory Enhancement: Analysis of the Speculative Aspects of Ethical IssuesFrontiers in Human Neuroscience 10. 2017.
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17The Socio-political Perspective in Neuroethics: Applications, Clarifications & ExtensionsAmerican Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 14 (3): 1-3. 2023.In the article “The Socio-Political Roles of Neuroethics and the Case of Klotho,” we proposed a socio-political approach to neuroethics, inspired by John Rawls’s roles for political philosophy. In...
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16Lost in Interpretation: Autonomy and What Patients Tell Versus What Is InferredAmerican Journal of Bioethics 15 (9): 28-30. 2015.The authors interpret the data to mean that patients think that their physicians should make relevant decisions in Learning Health System based trials, and label that as being of 'utmost importance'. However, the patients themselves (in the excerpts provided) emphasize that trust in physicians is instrumental for obtaining protection of patient's bests interests (which seems to be of utmost importance for patients). Furthermore, the perceived bias regarding outcome certainty deserves more discus…Read more
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16Editors' statement on the responsible use of generative artificial intelligence technologies in scholarly journal publishingDeveloping World Bioethics 23 (4): 296-299. 2023.Developing World Bioethics, EarlyView.
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15Using Algorithms to Make Ethical Judgements: METHAD vs. the ADC ModelAmerican Journal of Bioethics 22 (7): 41-43. 2022.In their paper “Algorithms for Ethical Decision-Making in the Clinic: A Proof of Concept,” Meier et al. present the design and preliminary results of a proof-of-concept clinical ethics algor...
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14Editors’ statement on the responsible use of generative AI technologies in scholarly journal publishingMedicine, Health Care and Philosophy 26 (4): 499-503. 2023.Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform many aspects of scholarly publishing. Authors, peer reviewers, and editors might use AI in a variety of ways, and those uses might augment their existing work or might instead be intended to replace it. We are editors of bioethics and humanities journals who have been contemplating the implications of this ongoing transformation. We believe that generative AI may pose a threat to the goals that animate our work but could also…Read more
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14On Changes and Opportunities at AJOB NeuroscienceAmerican Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 15 (1): 1-2. 2024.As the new Editor-in-Chief (EiC) of the AJOB Neuroscience, I am aware that I have some very large shoes to fill. Paul Root Wolpe, who established the quality of the journal and served in that posit...
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12A Scoping Review of Ethical and Legal Issues in Behavioural Variant Frontotemporal DementiaCanadian Journal of Bioethics / Revue canadienne de bioéthique 6 (2): 120-132. 2023.Behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) is a subtype of frontotemporal dementia characterized by changes in personality, social behaviour, and cognition. Although neural abnormalities cause bvFTD patients to struggle with inhibiting problematic behaviour, they are generally considered fully autonomous individuals. Subsequently, bvFTD patients demonstrate understanding of right and wrong but are unable to act in accordance with moral norms. To investigate the ethical, legal, and socia…Read more
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12Correction: Editors’ statement on the responsible use of generative AI technologies in scholarly journal publishingMedicine, Health Care and Philosophy 26 (4): 505-505. 2023.
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11The Principle of Autonomy and Behavioural Variant Frontotemporal DementiaJournal of Bioethical Inquiry 17 (2): 271-282. 2020.Behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) is characterized by an absence of obvious cognitive impairment and presence of symptoms such as disinhibition, social inappropriateness, personality changes, hyper-sexuality, and hyper-orality. Affected individuals do not feel concerned enough about their actions to be deterred from violating social norms, and their antisocial behaviours are most likely caused by the neurodegenerative processes in the frontal and anterior temporal lobes. BvFTD …Read more
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11Perceived Invasiveness and Therapeutic Acceptability of Transcranial Magnetic StimulationAmerican Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 14 (1): 17-20. 2023.While the various therapeutic neurotechnologies currently in development—TMS, tDCS, and related treatment modalities—have the potential to greatly augment the treatment of a spectrum of diseases an...
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11Diversifying the Bioethics Funding Landscape: The Case of TMSAmerican Journal of Bioethics 22 (1): 28-30. 2022.Fabi and Goldberg investigate how funding availability influences the landscape of bioethics as a field, and perpetuates forms of social and epistemic injustice while limitin...
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10Editors’ Statement on the Responsible Use of Generative AI Technologies in Scholarly Journal PublishingAmerican Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 14 (4): 337-340. 2023.The new generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools, and especially the large language models (LLMs) of which ChatGPT is the most prominent example, have the potential to transform many aspects o...
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10Psychiatric Neuroethics—Studies in Research and PracticeWalterGlannonOxford University Press, 2019. 408 pp. ISBN 978‐0‐19‐875885‐3, $44.95 (review)Bioethics 33 (8): 974-975. 2019.Bioethics, EarlyView.
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10Pediatric Neuro-enhancement, Best Interest, and Autonomy: A Case of Normative ReversalIn Saskia K. Nagel (ed.), Shaping Children: Ethical and Social Questions That Arise When Enhancing the Young, Springer Verlag. pp. 199-212. 2019.The debate on “cognitive enhancement” has moved from discussions about enhancement in adults to enhancement in children and adolescents. Similar to positions expressed in the adult context, some have argued that pediatric cognitive enhancement is acceptable and even laudable. However, the implications differ between the adult and the pediatric contexts. For example, in the debate over cognitive enhancement in adults, i.e., those who have legal majority, respect for autonomy demands that personal…Read more
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9Morality, Risk-Taking and Psychopathic Tendencies: An Empirical StudyFrontiers in Psychology 13. 2022.Research in empirical moral psychology has consistently found negative correlations between morality and both risk-taking, as well as psychopathic tendencies. However, prior research did not sufficiently explore intervening or moderating factors. Additionally, prior measures of moral preference have a pronounced lack of ecological validity. This study seeks to address these two gaps in the literature. First, this study used Preference for Precepts Implied in Moral Theories, which offers a novel,…Read more
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5The public impact of academic and print media portrayals of TMS: shining a spotlight on discrepancies in the literatureBMC Medical Ethics 23 (1): 1-17. 2022.BackgroundTranscranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is an FDA approved treatment for major depression, migraine, obsessive compulsive disorder, and smoking addiction. TMS has gained popular media support, but media coverage and commercial reporting of TMS services may be contributing to the landscape of ethical issues.MethodsWe explore the differences between the academic and print media literature portrayals of TMS to evaluate their ethical impact for the public. We performed a comprehensive lite…Read more
University of Stuttgart
Alumnus, 2014
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Normative Ethics |
Social and Political Philosophy |