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36Ageism in the COVID-19 pandemic: age-based discrimination in triage decisions and beyondHistory and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 43 (3): 1-7. 2021.Ageism has unfortunately become a salient phenomenon during the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, triage decisions based on age have been hotly discussed. In this article, I first defend that, although there are ethical reasons (founded on the principles of benefit and fairness) to consider the age of patients in triage dilemmas, using age as a categorical exclusion is an unjustifiable ageist practice. Then, I argue that ageism during the pandemic has been fueled by media narratives and unfair a…Read more
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304Socrates in the fMRI Scanner: The Neurofoundations of Morality and the Challenge to EthicsCambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 30 (4): 606-612. 2021.The neuroscience of ethics is allegedly having a double impact. First, it is transforming the view of human morality through the discovery of the neurobiological underpinnings that influence moral behavior. Secondly, some neuroscientific findings are radically challenging traditional views on normative ethics. Both claims have some truth but are also overstated. In this article, the author shows that they can be understood together, although with different caveats, under the label of ‘neurofound…Read more
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237Interview with Philip BreyDilemata 34 133-137. 2021.Interview with Philip Brey in which he clarifies and exemplifies the concept of ‘socially disruptive technology’, offering a series of key aspects for its present and future analysis from the disciplinary perspective of technology ethics. Philip Brey is Professor of Philosophy of Technology at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Twente. He has been a keynote speaker of the International Workshop on Controversies and Polarization on Disruptive Technologies, that took place virtually…Read more
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10Vaccination certificates, immunity passports, and test-based travel licences: ethical, legal, and public health issuesTravel Medicine and Infectious Diseases 42. 2021.
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680Virtual Reality and Empathy Enhancement: Ethical AspectsFrontiers in Robotics and AI 7. 2020.The history of humankind is full of examples that indicate a constant desire to make human beings more moral. Nowadays, technological breakthroughs might have a significant impact on our moral character and abilities. This is the case of Virtual Reality (VR) technologies. The aim of this paper is to consider the ethical aspects of the use of VR in enhancing empathy. First, we will offer an introduction to VR, explaining its fundamental features, devices and concepts. Then, we will approach the c…Read more
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342¿No es país para viejos? La edad como criterio de triaje durante la pandemia COVID-19Enrahonar: Quaderns de Filosofía 65 85-98. 2020.La pandemia de la COVID-19 ha levantado sospechas de edadismo y gerontofobia en diversas prácticas de racionamiento sanitario. La edad es un criterio de triaje controvertido. En este artículo se esclarece la relevancia ética de la edad dentro de los sistemas de triaje, analizando particularmente su rol dentro de los principios de equidad y de eficiencia. La equidad requiere dar más oportunidades a aquellos que han cumplido menos ciclos vitales. La eficiencia tiene en cuenta la edad de manera sub…Read more
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298De la libertad morfológica transhumanista a la corporalidad posthumana: convergencias y divergenciasIsegoría 63 311-328. 2020.Tanto el transhumanismo como el posthumanismo filosófico han prestado una atención especial a la corporalidad humana en relación al avance tecnológico. En el presente artículo, se comienza señalando cómo ambos movimientos difieren significativamente respecto a la herencia del humanismo. Posteriormente, se aborda la noción transhumanista de la ‘libertad morfológica’ de la mano de More, Sandberg y Bostrom. A continuación, se presentan casos paradigmáticos de modificaciones corporales mediante impl…Read more
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310Climate Change, Moral Bioenhancement and the Ultimate MostropicRamon Llull Journal of Applied Ethics 11 277-303. 2020.Tackling climate change is one of the most demanding challenges of humanity in the 21st century. Still, the efforts to mitigate the current environmental crisis do not seem enough to deal with the increased existential risks for the human and other species. Persson and Savulescu have proposed that our evolutionarily forged moral psychology is one of the impediments to facing as enormous a problem as global warming. They suggested that if we want to address properly some of the most pressing pr…Read more
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25Examining Public Trust in Categorical versus Comprehensive Triage CriteriaAmerican Journal of Bioethics 20 (7): 106-109. 2020.Volume 20, Issue 7, July 2020, Page 106-109.
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13Enhancing Virtue without Becoming Ned Flanders?American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 12 (2-3): 121-124. 2021.
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34Doctor, please make me freer: Capabilities enhancement as a goal of medicineMedicine, Health Care and Philosophy (3): 409-419. 2021.Biomedical innovations are making possible the enhancement of human capabilities. There are two philosophical stances on the role that medicine should play in this respect. On the one hand, naturalism rejects every medical intervention that goes beyond preventing and treating disease. On the other hand, welfarism advocates enhancements that foster subjective well-being. We will show that both positions have considerable shortcomings. Consequently, we will introduce a third characterization in wh…Read more
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549In defence of posthuman vulnerabilityScientia et Fides 9 (1): 215-239. 2021.Transhumanism is a challenging movement that invites us to rethink what defines humanity, including what we value and regret the most about our existence. Vulnerability is a key concept that require thorough philosophical scrutiny concerning transhumanist proposals. Vulnerability can refer to a universal condition of human life or, rather, to the specific exposure to certain harms due to particular situations. Even if we are all vulnerable in the first sense, there are also different sources and…Read more
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33Immunity passports, fundamental rights and public health hazards: a reply to Brown et alJournal of Medical Ethics 46 (10): 660-661. 2020.In their recent article, Brown et al analyse several ethical aspects around immunity passports and put forward some recommendations for implementing them. Although they offer a comprehensive perspective, they overlook two essential aspects. First, while the authors consider the possibility that immunological passports may appear to discriminate against those who do not possess them, the opposite viewpoint of immune people is underdeveloped. We argue that if a person has been tested positive for …Read more