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Philosophical Bioethics Consortium and Web Hub
Blumenthal-Barby, Ph.D., M.A. from the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy developed a with support from the and Consortium partners at the , , and . The Hub website includes: Greenwall Philosophical Bioethics Seminar Series, normative-empirical bioethics tookit, events and web-based lecture series in philosophy and bioethics.
Houston/Galveston Philosophical Bioethics Network
The Houston/Galveston Network is comprised of philosophers working at the intersection of philosophy and bioethics. The network is a collaborative between philosophy faculty and post-docs in The BCM Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, , and .
The network meets monthly for works-in-progress sessions. Contact Dr. Blumenthal-Barby at jennifer.blumenthal-barby@bcm.edu if you are a philosopher (faculty or post-doc) in Houston/Galveston interested in joining the group.
Recent topics have included consciousness and value, addiction and blameworthiness, the moral authority of experience, fetal pain and personhood鈥攁mong others.
Philosophy Book Reading Group
The group reads and discusses (through five-six meetings) one new book in philosophy with relevance to bioethics each semester (fall, spring).
Books read so far include:
- Fall 2022
- Spring 2022:
- Fall 2021:
Semi-Annual Philosophical Bioethics Workshop
This workshop is sponsored by the Greenwall Foundation. View program agendas from the past workshops for details:
Philosophical Bioethics Scholarship
Check out recent philosophical bioethics scholarship from the center鈥檚 faculty, post-docs, and staff:
Kostick-Quenet K, Lang B, Smith J, Hurley M, Blumenthal-Barby JS. Trust Criteria for Artificial Intelligence in Health: Normative and Epistemic Considerations. Journal of Medical Ethics. 2023 Nov 18:jme-2023-109338. doi: 10.1136/jme-2023-109338. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37979976.
Lang, Benjamin H., Blumenthal-Barby, J.S. Nyholm, Sven. Responsibility Gaps and Black Box 7m视频 AI: Shared Responsibilisation as a Solution. DISO 2, 52 (November 16, 2023).
Blumenthal-Barby J. Ethics of speculation. J Med Ethics. 2023 Aug;49(8):525. doi: 10.1136/jme-2023-109429. PMID: 37487621.
Kitts, M. Throwing the Embryos out with the Bathwater? A Novel Evaluation of the Value of Embryos. J Appl Philos. July 2023.
Smith J, Blumenthal-Barby J. Call for moral recognition as part of paediatric assent. J Med Ethics. 2023 Jul;49(7):481-482. doi: 10.1136/jme-2023-109013. Epub 2023 May 5. PMID: 37147114; PMCID: PMC10583811.
Blumenthal-Barby, JS. , American Journal of Bioethics (target article), 2023 Jan 12;1-10, online ahead of print.
Blumenthal-Barby JS. . American Journal of Bioethics, 23(1), 2023: 4-6.
Blumenthal-Barby JS. , American Journal of Bioethics, 22(9), 2022: 1-3.
Largent EA, Clapp J, Blumenthal-Barby JS, Grady C, McGuire AL, Karlawish J, Grill JD, Stites SD, Peterson A. Deciding with Others: Interdependent Decision Making. Hastings Center Report, 52(6), 2023: 23-32.
Nelson R, Fernandez-Lynch H, Moore B, Waggoner M, Blumenthal-Barby JS. . American Journal of Bioethics, October, 2022; 1-13. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2022.2127968.
Blumenthal-Barby JS. Bringing Nuance to Autonomy-Based Considerations in Vaccine Mandate Debates, in Ethics and the COVID Pandemic: Lessons for the Future edited by Julian Savulescu (Oxford University Press, 2022), .
Omelianchuk, A. Bioethics, Volume 36, Issue 6, Page 648-654, April 2022.
Omelianchuk, A. . Theor Med Bioeth 43, 1鈥27, March 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11017-022-09557-4
Bibler TM. . HEC Forum. 2022 Jan 7. doi: 10.1007/s10730-021-09468-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34994915.
Nelson R, Moore B, Blumenthal-Barby JS. , 52(1), 2022:42-50.
Omelianchuk, A. . The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy: A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine, Volume 46, Issue 5, October 2021, Pages 530鈥560, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmp/jhab021
Blumenthal-Barby JS, Sean Aas, Dan Brudney, Jessica Flanigan, Matthew Liao, Alex London, Wayne Sumner, Julian Savulescu. . American Journal of Bioethics (target article), 2021 June; online ahead of print.
Blumenthal-Barby J, Ubel PA. Am J Bioeth. 2021 Nov; 21(11):43-44. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2021.1981033. PMID: 34710007.
Moore B, Nelson RH, Ubel PA, Blumenthal-Barby J. . Am J Bioeth. 2021 Feb 23:1-18. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2021.1887965. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33620300.
Blumenthal-Barby, J. S. 2021. . Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
RH Nelson & LP Francis. (2020). Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 30(3-4): 319-338.
RH Nelson. (2020). Journal of Applied Philosophy 38(2): 335-347.
Malek J. J Med Ethics. 2020 Aug;46(8):552. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2020-106533. Epub 2020 Jul 14. PMID: 32665255.
Taylor M. 2020 Jun;34(5):502-508. doi: 10.1111/bioe.12686. Epub 2019 Nov 7. PMID: 31697399.
Moore B, Nelson RH. Am J Bioeth. 2020 Feb;20(2):66-68. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2019.1701743. PMID: 31990252.
Peterson A, Kostick K, O鈥橞rien K, Blumenthal-Barby JS. Brain Injury. 2019;1-9.
Nelson RH, Malek J. Am J Bioeth. 2019 Nov;19(11):82-84. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2019.1665744. PMID: 31661422.
Shannon CM, Coverdale JH, Gordon M, Blumenthal-Barby JS. Am J Bioeth. 2019 Sep;19(9):54-56. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2019.1630509. PMID: 31419195.
Blumenthal-Barby JS, Ubel PA. American Journal of Bioethics 18(9), 2018:4-15.
Blumenthal-Barby JS, Opel DJ. Hastings Center Report, 48(2), 2018:33-39.
Blumenthal-Barby J. [published online ahead of print, 2023 Jan 12]. Am J Bioeth. 2023;1-10. doi:10.1080/15265161.2022.2160515
Bobier C, Rodger D, Hurst DJ, Omelianchuk A. [published online ahead of print, 2022 Dec 27]. Xenotransplantation. 2022;e12791. doi:10.1111/xen.12791
