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4Intelligente Neurotechnologien und epistemische Ungerechtigkeit. Eine Untersuchung zur Ethik der AlgorithmenIn Sebastian Schleidgen, Orsolya Friedrich & Andreas Wolkenstein (eds.), Bedeutung und Implikationen epistemischer Ungerechtigkeit, Tectum – Ein Verlag in Der Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. pp. 223-252. 2023.
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EinleitungIn Sebastian Schleidgen, Orsolya Friedrich & Andreas Wolkenstein (eds.), Bedeutung und Implikationen epistemischer Ungerechtigkeit, Tectum – Ein Verlag in Der Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. pp. 1-14. 2023.
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30Bedeutung und Implikationen epistemischer Ungerechtigkeit (edited book)Tectum – ein Verlag in der Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. 2023.For almost two decades, the concept of epistemic injustice has been a point of reference to discuss the extent to which persons can be disadvantaged in their role as knowers and what morally relevant consequences might follow from such violations. This volume brings together contributions that have significantly shaped debates about the concept of epistemic injustice and its meaning, as well as recent contributions on its implications and possible consequences of situations of epistemic injustic…Read more
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16Editorial: The Ethical Implications of Using AI in MedicineCambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 1-3. forthcoming.
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4Sustainable Development and BioethicsProceedings of the Xxii World Congress of Philosophy 5 63-73. 2008.The so-called Brundtland-Report defines Sustainable Development as a conception of intra- and intergenerational justice, which is to be realized by a globally just distribution of possibilities for satisfying basic human needs as well as by assuring such possibilities for future generations. Hence, any political and/orsocietal decision is addressed by the ethical demands of Sustainable Development insofar it affects possibilities for satisfying basic human needs. In particular, this concerns – c…Read more
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3Sustainable Development and BioethicsProceedings of the Xxii World Congress of Philosophy 3 83-88. 2008.The so-called Brundtland-Report defines Sustainable Development as a conception of intra- and intergenerational justice, which is to be realized by a globally just distribution of possibilities for satisfying human basic needs as well as assuring such possibilities for future generations. Hence, any political and/orsocietal decision is addressed by the ethical demands of Sustainable Development insofar it affects possibilities for satisfying human basic needs. In particular, this concerns – cont…Read more
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35How to derive ethically appropriate recommendations for action? A methodology for applied ethicsMedicine, Health Care and Philosophy 26 (2): 175-184. 2022.Researchers in applied ethics, and some areas of bioethics particularly, aim to develop concrete and appropriate recommendations for action in morally relevant real-world situations. When proceeding from more abstract levels of ethical reasoning to such concrete recommendations, however, even with regard to the very same normative principle or norm, it seems possible to develop divergent or even contradictory recommendations for action regarding a certain situation. This may give the impression …Read more
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28On Humans and MachinesTechné: Research in Philosophy and Technology 26 (2): 207-231. 2022.In the present article we examine the anthropological implications of “intelligent” neurotechnologies (INTs). For this purpose, we first give an introduction to current developments of INTs by specifying their central characteristics. We then present and discuss traditional anthropological concepts such as the “homo faber,” the concept of humans as “deficient beings,” and the concept of the “cyborg,” questioning their descriptive relevance regarding current neurotechnological applications. To th…Read more
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26Joint Interaction and Mutual Understanding in Social RoboticsScience and Engineering Ethics 28 (6): 1-20. 2022.Social robotics aims at designing robots capable of joint interaction with humans. On a conceptual level, sufficient mutual understanding is usually said to be a necessary condition for joint interaction. Against this background, the following questions remain open: in which sense is it legitimate to speak of human–robot joint interaction? What exactly does it mean to speak of humans and robots sufficiently understanding each other to account for human–robot joint interaction? Is such joint inte…Read more
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26Imitating the Human. New Human–Machine Interactions in Social RobotsNanoEthics 16 (2): 181-192. 2022.Social robots are designed to perform intelligent, emotional, and autonomous behavior in order to establish intimate relationships with humans, for instance, in the context of elderly care. However, the imitation of qualities usually assumed to be necessary for human reciprocal interaction may impact our understanding of social interaction. Against this background, we compare the technical operations based on which social robots imitate human-like behavior with the concepts of emotionality, inte…Read more
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15Empirical Research and Recommendations for Moral Action: A Plea for the Transparent Reporting of Bridge Principles in Public Health ResearchPublic Health Ethics 15 (2): 147-159. 2022.Academic publications of empirical public health research often entail recommendations for moral action that address practitioners and policy makers. These recommendations are regularly based on implicit moral judgments with the underlying reasons not explicitly stated. In this paper, we elaborate on the moral relevance of such judgments and the need to explain them in order to account for academic argumentation. We argue for an explicit reporting of bridge principles to increase the transparenc…Read more
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34Human germline editing in the era of CRISPR-Cas: risk and uncertainty, inter-generational responsibility, therapeutic legitimacyBMC Medical Ethics 21 (1): 1-12. 2020.BackgroundClustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats-associated technology may allow for efficient and highly targeted gene editing in single-cell embryos. This possibility brings human germline editing into the focus of ethical and legal debates again.Main bodyAgainst this background, we explore essential ethical and legal questions of interventions into the human germline by means of CRISPR-Cas: How should issues of risk and uncertainty be handled? What responsibilities arise re…Read more
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24Prozess oder Resultat? Der Begriff der genetischen Veränderung in der Debatte um humane KeimbahninterventionenEthik in der Medizin 32 (1): 5-20. 2020.In der ethischen und rechtlichen Debatte um den möglichen Einsatz neuer Techniken zur Genomeditierung spielt der Begriff der genetischen Veränderung eine zentrale Rolle. Während im Bereich der grünen Gentechnik intensive Debatten um seine Bedeutung geführt werden, wird dieser Umstand im Kontext gentechnischer Interventionen am Menschen weitgehend ausgeblendet. Der Aufsatz expliziert drei mögliche Bedeutungen genetischer Veränderung, namentlich: ein prozessuales, ein diachrones sowie ein klassenb…Read more
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19Old wine in new bottles? Ethical implications of individualized medicineEthik in der Medizin 25 (3): 223-231. 2013.Die sogenannte individualisierte Medizin (IM) ist in den letzten Jahren zu einem Schlagwort in Wissenschaft, Politik und Öffentlichkeit geworden. Wie jede technologische Neuentwicklung hat sie jedoch (potentielle) ethische Implikationen, die es zu berücksichtigen gilt, um eine angemessene Entwicklung und Anwendung individualisierter Präventions- und Therapiemaßnahmen zu ermöglichen. Allerdings steht eine ethische Bewertung der IM vor verschiedenen methodischen Herausforderungen, die sich insbeso…Read more
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21Between Minimal and Greater Than Minimal Risk: How Research Participants and Oncologists Assess Data-Sharing and the Risk of Re-identification in Genomic ResearchPhilosophy and Technology 32 (1): 39-55. 2019.Data-sharing among genomic researchers is promoted for its potential to accelerate our understanding of the molecular basis of cancer. However, with genomic data sharing the risks of re-identifying study participants, revealing personal genomic information and data misuse might increase. This study aims at exploring perceptions of patients and physicians in Oncology regarding their assessment of the informational risks resulting from participating in whole genomic research studies in order to im…Read more
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21Zur Rolle und Verantwortung von Ärzten und Forschern in systemmedizinischen Kontexten: Ergebnisse einer qualitativen InterviewstudieEthik in der Medizin 30 (4): 307-324. 2018.ZusammenfassungSystemmedizinische Ansätze zeichnen sich durch die Integration großer Datenmengen aus vielfältigen Datenquellen aus und führen systembiologische und medizinische Forschungsansätze mit informationswissenschaftlichen Methoden und prädiktiven Verfahren mathematischer Modellierung zusammen. Hieraus resultiert eine enge Kooperation von Ärzten und Naturwissenschaftlern, wobei insbesondere die Expertise nicht-ärztlicher Forscher zunehmend an Bedeutung für die Datenaufbereitung und -inter…Read more
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8Sustainable Development and Bioethics – Ethical Thoughts on Decisions about Establishing BiobanksProceedings of the Xxii World Congress of Philosophy 10 369-374. 2008.The so-called Brundtland-Report defines Sustainable Development as a conception of intra- and intergenerational justice, which is to be realized by a globally just distribution of possibilities for satisfying human basic needs as well as assuring such possibilities for future generations. Hence, any political and/or societal decision is addressed by the ethical demands of Sustainable Development insofar it affects possibilities for satisfying human basic needs. In particular, this concerns – con…Read more
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26Between Minimal and Greater Than Minimal Risk: How Research Participants and Oncologists Assess Data-Sharing and the Risk of Re-identification in Genomic ResearchPhilosophy and Technology 32 (1): 39-55. 2019.Data-sharing among genomic researchers is promoted for its potential to accelerate our understanding of the molecular basis of cancer. However, with genomic data sharing the risks of re-identifying study participants, revealing personal genomic information and data misuse might increase. This study aims at exploring perceptions of patients and physicians in Oncology regarding their assessment of the informational risks resulting from participating in whole genomic research studies in order to im…Read more
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19Mission: Impossible? On Empirical-Normative Collaboration in Ethical ReasoningEthical Theory and Moral Practice 13 (1): 73-73. 2010.
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34Sustainable Development and Bioethics – Ethical Thoughts on Decisions about Establishing BiobanksProceedings of the Xxii World Congress of Philosophy 10 369-374. 2008.The so-called Brundtland-Report defines Sustainable Development as a conception of intra- and intergenerational justice, which is to be realized by a globally just distribution of possibilities for satisfying human basic needs as well as assuring such possibilities for future generations. Hence, any political and/or societal decision is addressed by the ethical demands of Sustainable Development insofar it affects possibilities for satisfying human basic needs. In particular, this concerns – con…Read more
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15Contractualism: History, theories and critiquesIn Richard Corrigan (ed.), Ethics: A University Guide, Progressive Frontiers Pubs.. pp. 109--134. 2010.
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13Old wine in new bottles? Ethical implications of individualized medicineEthik in der Medizin 25 (3): 223-231. 2013.Die sogenannte individualisierte Medizin (IM) ist in den letzten Jahren zu einem Schlagwort in Wissenschaft, Politik und Öffentlichkeit geworden. Wie jede technologische Neuentwicklung hat sie jedoch (potentielle) ethische Implikationen, die es zu berücksichtigen gilt, um eine angemessene Entwicklung und Anwendung individualisierter Präventions- und Therapiemaßnahmen zu ermöglichen. Allerdings steht eine ethische Bewertung der IM vor verschiedenen methodischen Herausforderungen, die sich insbeso…Read more
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149What is personalized medicine: sharpening a vague term based on a systematic literature reviewBMC Medical Ethics 14 (1): 20. 2013.In recent years, personalized medicine (PM) has become a highly regarded line of development in medicine. Yet, it is still a relatively new field. As a consequence, the discussion of its future developments, in particular of its ethical implications, in most cases can only be anticipative. Such anticipative discussions, however, pose several challenges. Nevertheless, they play a crucial role for shaping PM’s further developments. Therefore, it is vital to understand how the ethical discourse on …Read more
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68What is personalized medicine: sharpening a vague term based on a systematic literature reviewBMC Medical Ethics 14 (1): 55. 2013.Recently, individualized or personalized medicine (PM) has become a buzz word in the academic as well as public debate surrounding health care. However, PM lacks a clear definition and is open to interpretation. This conceptual vagueness complicates public discourse on chances, risks and limits of PM. Furthermore, stakeholders might use it to further their respective interests and preferences. For these reasons it is important to have a shared understanding of PM. In this paper, we present a suf…Read more
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26Mission: Impossible? On Empirical-Normative Collaboration in Ethical ReasoningEthical Theory and Moral Practice 13 (1): 59-71. 2010.During the 1980s, empirical social sciences and normative theory seemingly converged within ethical debates. This tendency kindled new debates about the limits and possibilities of empirical-normative collaboration. The article asks for adequate ways of collaboration by taking a closer look at the philosophy of science of empirical social sciences as well as normative theory development and its logical groundings. As a result, three possible modes of cooperation are characterized: first, the emp…Read more
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23Sustainable Development and Bioethics – Ethical Thoughts on Decisions about Establishing BiobanksProceedings of the Xxii World Congress of Philosophy 10 369-374. 2008.The so-called Brundtland-Report defines Sustainable Development as a conception of intra- and intergenerational justice, which is to be realized by a globally just distribution of possibilities for satisfying human basic needs as well as assuring such possibilities for future generations. Hence, any political and/or societal decision is addressed by the ethical demands of Sustainable Development insofar it affects possibilities for satisfying human basic needs. In particular, this concerns – con…Read more
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