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146The Science of Morality and its Normative ImplicationsNeuroethics 7 (2): 159-172. 2013.Neuromoral theorists are those who claim that a scientific understanding of moral judgment through the methods of psychology, neuroscience and related disciplines can have normative implications and can be used to improve the human ability to make moral judgments. We consider three neuromoral theories: one suggested by Gazzaniga, one put forward by Gigerenzer, and one developed by Greene. By contrasting these theories we reveal some of the fundamental issues that neuromoral theories in general h…Read more
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48A Misunderstanding Concerning FutilityAmerican Journal of Bioethics 15 (7): 59-60. 2015.It is a comment on Geppert about the concept of futility in cases of treatment-resistant anorexia nervosa.
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15Participation, Empowerment, and Evidence in the Current Discourse on Personalized Medicine: A Critique of “Democratizing Healthcare”Science, Technology, and Human Values 47 (5): 1033-1056. 2022.“Democratization” has recently become a popular trope in Western public discourses on medicine, where it refers to patient participation in the gathering and distribution of health-related data using various digital technologies, in order to improve healthcare technically and socially. We critically analyze the usage of the term from the perspective of the “politics of buzzwords.” Our claim is that the phrase works primarily to publicly justify the dramatic increase in the application of informa…Read more
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38Informed consent for functional MRI research on comatose patients following severe brain injury: balancing the social benefits of research against patient autonomyJournal of Medical Ethics 45 (5): 299-303. 2019.Functional MRI shows promise as a candidate prognostication method in acutely comatose patients following severe brain injury. However, further research is needed before this technique becomes appropriate for clinical practice. Drawing on a clinical case, we investigate the process of obtaining informed consent for this kind of research and identify four ethical issues. After describing each issue, we propose potential solutions which would make a patient’s participation in research compatible w…Read more
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26Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Lesions and Motivational InternalismAmerican Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 3 (3): 19-23. 2012.
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23Is Free Will a Necessary Condition for Instrumental Rationality?American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 1 (4): 49-50. 2010.
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15Neuroscience and Moral ReliabilityAmerican Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 2 (2): 15-17. 2011.
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12The Ambivalence of Moral PsychologyAmerican Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 2 (4): 13-15. 2011.
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578After severe brain injury, one of the key challenges for medical doctors is to determine the patient’s prognosis. Who will do well? Who will not do well? Physicians need to know this, and families need to do this too, to address choices regarding the continuation of life supporting therapies. However, current prognostication methods are insufficient to provide a reliable prognosis. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) holds considerable promise for improving the accuracy of prognosis in …Read more
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666Cystic fibrosis carrier screening in Veneto (Italy): an ethical analysis (review)Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 15 (3): 321-328. 2012.A recent study by Castellani et al. (JAMA 302(23):2573–2579, 2009) describes the population-level effects of the choices of individuals who underwent molecular carrier screening for cystic fibrosis (CF) in Veneto, in the northeastern part of Italy, between 1993 and 2007. We discuss some of the ethical issues raised by the policies and individual choices that are the subject of this study. In particular, (1) we discuss the ethical issues raised by the acquisition of genetic information through an…Read more
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King's College LondonResearcher
London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Areas of Specialization
Applied Ethics |
Normative Ethics |
Areas of Interest
Applied Ethics |
Normative Ethics |