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Nancy S. Jecker, Ph.D. @profjecker

Professor of bioethics/philosophy, Fulbright scholar, Supports global bioethics. Tweets are my own.

Joined June 2020
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Can people extend their lives by transferring their information to a large language model that acts as their digital twin? Does that achieve the goals of life extension? For an answer, see our paper tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Digital Doppelgängers and Lifespan Extension: What Matters?

There is an ongoing debate about the ethics of research on lifespan extension: roughly, using medical technologies to extend biological human lives beyond the current “natural” limit of about 120 y...

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What's the role of religion in bioethics? See our just published paper (the title has a spoiler) @IABioethics @apaphilosophy @uwmnewsroom @UWMedicine @UWbioethics @UWPhilosophy @unesco #GlobalHealth @AmerSocBioHum link.springer.com/article/10…

Religion Welcome Here: A Pluriversal Approach to Religion and Global Bioethics

Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - This paper sets forth and defends a pluriversal approach to religion in the context of an increasingly global bioethics. Section I introduces a pluriversal view as a...

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Can a digital twin extend your life? Can it achieve many aims of lifespan extension? Read our new paper on this provocative topic! @uwmnewsroom @apaphilosophy @AmerSocBioHum @IABioethics @UWPhilosophy @UWMedicine @UWbioethics @AIEthicsWatch @uw_ischool tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Digital Doppelgängers and Lifespan Extension: What Matters?

There is an ongoing debate about the ethics of research on lifespan extension: roughly, using medical technologies to extend biological human lives beyond the current “natural” limit of about 120 y...

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What makes someone a person with moral dignity and worth? See my new paper w/ @atuire that explores this from African and Western standpoint and proposes a new view EMERGENT PERSONHOOD @WHO #iab @uwmnewsroom @UW @apaphilosophy @AmerSocBioHum onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Personhood: An emergent view from Africa and the West

African understandings of personhood are complex, with different accounts emphasizing distinct aspects of what it means to be a person. Some accounts stress excellence of character and performing...

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A wonderful piece by colleague Harald Schmidt on "Equity in global bioethics scholarship and practice: walking the talk, together" jme.bmj.com/content/50/9/583

Equity in global bioethics scholarship and practice: walking the talk, together

Earlier this year, the International Association of Bioethics (IAB) hosted the biennial World Congress of Bioethics (WCB) in Doha, Qatar. Understandably, controversy surrounded the decision to hold...

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Bioethics must address war as a public health crisis. See my essay for The Hastings Center Bioethics Forum on how the tools and methods of bioethics can help (with Caesar Atuire, Vardit Ravitsky, Kevin Behrens, and Mohammed Ghaly) thehastingscenter.org/bioeth…

Bioethics Must Address War as a Public Health Crisis : The Hastings Center for Bioethics

Today’s wars kill far more civilians than soldiers. Bioethics must address war not just as an individual tragedy but as a public health disaster.

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War is a public heath crisis —how can bioethics help to address it?! see my just published AJOB paper with @VarditRavitsky , @atuire , Behrens, Ghaly @uwmnewsroom @UWMedicine @UWbioethics @UWPhilosophy @uwnews @AmerSocBioHum @apaphilosophy tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

War, Bioethics, and Public Health

This paper argues that bioethics as a field should broaden its scope to include the ethics of war, focusing on war’s public health effects. The “Introduction” section describes the bioethics litera...

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Can bioethics contribute to war? See our AJOB paper! @UWPhilosophy @UWbioethics @UWMedicine @AmerSocBioHum @apaphilosophy @UW @IABioethics @UNESCO @WHO @VarditRavitsky @atuire @IBioethics #Ethics #UkraineRussiaWar #MiddleEast @uwmnewsroom tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

War, Bioethics, and Public Health

This paper argues that bioethics as a field should broaden its scope to include the ethics of war, focusing on war’s public health effects. The “Introduction” section describes the bioethics litera...

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Welcome to our new President of the @IABioethics, Dr. @atuire! Thank you for taking on this tremendous responsibility at this challenging time. Thank you for your inspiring powerful Presidential Address at the 17th World Congress of Bioethics. Looking forward to your leadership !
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Alexander Capron on "A Historical Glimpse Back at the Early Days of the International Association of Bioethics" at #wcb2024
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Incoming president @atuire of the IAB giving his inaugural address at #wcb2024
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Excited to be kicking off the 17th World Congress of Bioethics in Doha, Qatar with incoming IAB President, Caesar Atuire! @atuire @UWbioethics @UWMedicine @UWPhilosophy @apaphilosophy @AmerSocBioHum
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Luminaries who project AI as catastrophic to humankind do a disservice to the public by distracting from societal problems that AI is causing today, says a new journal paper led by Nancy Jecker (@profjecker) @UWbioethics. Read>>tinyurl.com/2vnt5crc
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Is AI a threat to humanity on a part with nuclear weaponry and climate change? See our just published paper! @uwmnewsroom @uw_ischool @apaphilosophy @AmerSocBioHum @UWMedicine @UWPhilosophy @UWbioethics jme.bmj.com/content/medethic…
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See our just published editorial on the ethics of conferencing in Qatar @uwmnewsroom @apaphilosophy @UWPhilosophy @UWbioethics @IABioethics @AmerSocBioHum tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Bioethics’ Duty to Conference in Qatar: Reply to Magnus

Published in The American Journal of Bioethics (Vol. 24, No. 4, 2024)

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Can digital humans help lonely people? See our just published paper @uwmnewsroom @UWMedicine @apaphilosophy @AmerSocBioHum @UWPhilosophy onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Digital Humans to Combat Loneliness and Social Isolation: Ethics Concerns and Policy Recommendations

Social isolation and loneliness are growing concerns around the globe that put people at increased risk of disease and early death. One much-touted approach to addressing them is deploying artifici...

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Human trials have begun for Musk's brain chip, Neurosurgeon Andrew Ko and I unpack ethical issues @UWMedicine @uwmnewsroom @UWNeurosurgery #ethics theconversation.com/several-…

Several companies are testing brain implants – why is there so much attention swirling around...

Brain-computer interface devices have the potential to boost users’ autonomy, especially for people who experience paralysis. But that comes with risks, as well.

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ust published open access!! Our piece on the ethics of international bioethics conferencing @uwmnewsroom @IABioethics @uwnews @VarditRavitsky @BelislePipon @atuire @IBioethics tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Proposed Principles for International Bioethics Conferencing: Anti-Discriminatory, Global, and...

This paper opens a critical conversation about the ethics of international bioethics conferencing and proposes principles that commit to being anti-discriminatory, global, and inclusive. We launch ...

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Handbook of African Philosophy (Springer 2023) is published! See my piece, "Ubuntu and Bioethics," and contributions on ethics, political philosophy, feminist philosophy, and nonhumans! @apaphilosophy @AmerSocBioHum @UW @UWPhilosophy @uwsomwwami #global link.springer.com/referencew…

Handbook of African Philosophy

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Similarly, the deadline for submitting proposals to the Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (FAB) is extended until OCT 31st cilecenter.org/wcb/fab-call-…
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