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10Syllabus on Ethics in Research: Addendum to the European Textbook on Ethics in ResearchEuropean Union. 2010.The syllabus presented here is designed for use in the training of researchers and research ethics committee members throughout the European Union and beyond. It is intended to be accessible to scientific and lay readers, including those with no previous experience of ethical theory and analysis. The syllabus will cover key issues in the ethics of research involving human participants, including the ethical issues associated with new technologies.
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101Are Generational Welfare Trades Always Unjust?American Journal of Bioethics 20 (9): 70-72. 2020.In their thoughtful article, Malm and Navin (2020) raise concerns about a potentially unjust generational welfare tradeoff between children and adults when it comes to chicken pox. We share their c...
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10The experiences of ethics committee members: contradictions between individuals and committeesJournal of Medical Ethics 34 (6): 489-494. 2008.The current system of ethical review for medical research in the United Kingdom is changing from the current system involving large committees of 7–18 members reviewing every individual application to a system involving pre-review by small sub-committees of National Research Ethics Officers , who have a remit to approve studies if they believe there are no material ethical issues imposed by the research. The reliability of this new system depends on the reliability of the NREAs and in particular…Read more
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3Using the community of inquiry methodology in teaching bioethics: a focus on skills developmentMonash Bioethics Review 27 (1-2): 33-41. 2008.The community of inquiry methodology was developed by Professor Matthew Lipman to enable the teaching of philosophy in schools. Lipman felt that inquiry-based learning was essential in schools because:Education should empower children to be thoughtful about the lives they lead, and doing philosophy is important to that goalThe community of inquiry is a powerful pedagogical tool to foster student engagement, critical thinking, and collaborative and affective skills development As such it can be u…Read more
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5Responses to Open Peer Commentaries on “Research Exceptionalism”American Journal of Bioethics 10 (8). 2010.Research involving human subjects is much more stringently regulated than many other nonresearch activities that appear to be at least as risky. A number of prominent figures now argue that research is overregulated. We argue that the reasons typically offered to justify the present system of research regulation fail to show that research should be subject to more stringent regulation than other equally risky activities. However, there are three often overlooked reasons for thinking that researc…Read more
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18Research ExceptionalismAmerican Journal of Bioethics 10 (8): 45-54. 2010.Research involving human subjects is much more stringently regulated than many other nonresearch activities that appear to be at least as risky. A number of prominent figures now argue that research is overregulated. We argue that the reasons typically offered to justify the present system of research regulation fail to show that research should be subject to more stringent regulation than other equally risky activities. However, there are three often overlooked reasons for thinking that researc…Read more
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2Webnote: The Work of Phase I Ethics Committees: Expert and Lay MembershipResearch Ethics 9 (3): 146-146. 2013.
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13We could be heroes: ethical issues with the pre-recruitment of research participantsJournal of Medical Ethics 41 (7): 557-558. 2015.
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16The challenge of "sperm ships": the need for the global regulation of medical technologyJournal of Medical Ethics 34 (7): 552-556. 2008.This paper discusses the notion of using international shipping legislation to provide healthcare technologies to inhabitants of a country on a ship in international waters based just outside the country’s border. This allows technologies that would otherwise be unavailable, regulated or banned to the citizens of a particular nation to be available, just offshore. This is because in international waters ships are governed by the laws of their home nation not those they are nearby. We focus on th…Read more
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3Response to: ‘We could be heroes: ethical issues with the pre-recruitment of research participants’ by D. HunterJournal of Medical Ethics 42 (3): 206-206. 2016.
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2Placebos and Moral Perils for ParticipantsResearch Ethics 2 (2): 71-72. 2006.Research ethics committees should ensure that there has been a direct enquiry into research participants' moral and spiritual beliefs so as to ensure that volunteers are not inadvertently being led into doing things that might contravene their beliefs.
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7forthcoming in Journal of Philosophical Research. This paper argues against David Armstrong’s view that singular beliefs are not dispositions. It also begins to develop the view that self-conscious belief is a matter of belief revision.
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1Can the Regulatory Response to SUPPORT be Supported?American Journal of Bioethics 13 (12): 37-39. 2013.No abstract
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2Book ReviewBiomedical Research and Beyond: Expanding the Ethics of Inquiry: TollefsenChristopher O.; Publishe by Routledge, 2007. ISBN 9780415961165 Price £60.00 (review)Research Ethics 4 (3): 121-121. 2008.
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6Bioethics and Vulnerability: A Latin American View – By Florencia Luna (review)Developing World Bioethics 8 (3): 242-243. 2008.
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