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1. Gibt es einen moralisch relevanten Unterschied zwischen Lügen und Irreführen?

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Holger Baumann

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Lügen, Irreführen, Respekt, Bernard Williams, Jennifer Saul, Philosophy (General), B1-5802
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Einer weit verbreiteten Auffassung zufolge ist es moralisch besser (bzw. weniger schlecht), eine andere Person in die Irre zu führen als sie anzulügen. Diese Auffassung ist in neuerer Zeit jedoch ausführlich von Bernard Williams und Jennifer Saul kritisiert worden – ihnen zufolge verdankt sich unsere moralische Präferenz für Irreführungen einem Irrtum und lässt sich bei näherer Betrachtung nicht aufrechterhalten. Im ersten Teil des Aufsatzes versuche ich demgegenüber zu zeigen, dass es in manchen Fällen tatsächlich moralische Gründe gibt, statt zu lügen in die Irre zu führen. Im Mittelpunkt steht dabei eine expressive und beziehungsorientierte Analyse von Irreführungen: Wir können mit Irreführungen, so die zentrale These, im Unterschied zu Lügen zumindest in manchen Fällen zum Ausdruck bringen, dass wir die andere Person respektieren und uns die Fortführung einer vertrauensvollen Beziehung mit ihr am Herzen liegt. Im zweiten Teil weise ich dann allerdings nach, dass die moralische Präferenz für Irreführungen nicht in allen Fällen gerechtfertigt ist – zum einen, weil der mit Irreführungen zum Ausdruck gebrachte Respekt gegenüber anderen Personen nicht immer angemessen ist, und zum anderen, weil mit Irreführungen nicht in allen Situationen Respekt vor der anderen Person und ein Interesse an einer vertrauensvollen Beziehung mit ihr zum Ausdruck gebracht werden kann.

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2021

2. Patient data and patient rights: Swiss healthcare stakeholders’ ethical awareness regarding large patient data sets – a qualitative study

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Corine Mouton Dorey, Holger Baumann, and Nikola Biller-Andorno

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Agency, Ethics, Healthcare stakeholders, Health data, Justice, Patient rights, Medical philosophy. Medical ethics, R723-726
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Abstract Background There is a growing interest in aggregating more biomedical and patient data into large health data sets for research and public benefits. However, collecting and processing patient data raises new ethical issues regarding patient’s rights, social justice and trust in public institutions. The aim of this empirical study is to gain an in-depth understanding of the awareness of possible ethical risks and corresponding obligations among those who are involved in projects using patient data, i.e. healthcare professionals, regulators and policy makers. Methods We used a qualitative design to examine Swiss healthcare stakeholders’ experiences and perceptions of ethical challenges with regard to patient data in real-life settings where clinical registries are sponsored, created and/or used. A semi-structured interview was carried out with 22 participants (11 physicians, 7 policy-makers, 4 ethical committee members) between July 2014 and January 2015. The interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed, coded and analysed using a thematic method derived from Grounded Theory. Results All interviewees were concerned as a matter of priority with the needs of legal and operating norms for the collection and use of data, whereas less interest was shown in issues regarding patient agency, the need for reciprocity, and shared governance in the management and use of clinical registries’ patient data. This observed asymmetry highlights a possible tension between public and research interests on the one hand, and the recognition of patients’ rights and citizens’ involvement on the other. Conclusions The advocation of further health-related data sharing on the grounds of research and public interest, without due regard for the perspective of patients and donors, could run the risk of fostering distrust towards healthcare data collections. Ultimately, this could diminish the expected social benefits. However, rather than setting patient rights against public interest, new ethical approaches could strengthen both concurrently. On a normative level, this study thus provides material from which to develop further ethical reflection towards a more cooperative approach involving patients and citizens in the governance of their health-related big data.

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2018
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3. Ethics of ICU triage during COVID-19

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Nikola Biller-Andorno, Rasita Vinay, Holger Baumann, University of Zurich, and Biller-Andorno, Nikola

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Critical Care, ICU triage, resource allocation, 610 Medicine & health, 2700 General Medicine, 0603 philosophy, ethics and religion, 10092 Institute of Philosophy, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Clinical Protocols, Nursing, Intensive care, Health care, Humans, guidelines, 030212 general & internal medicine, Justice (ethics), brimed/15, Invited Review, business.industry, COVID-19, 06 humanities and the arts, General Medicine, Bioethics, ethics, Triage, Test (assessment), 10222 Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine, Life expectancy, Professional association, 060301 applied ethics, 10001 Center for Ethics, AcademicSubjects/MED00010, business, Psychology
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Introduction The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has placed intensive care units (ICU) triage at the center of bioethical discussions. National and international triage guidelines emerged from professional and governmental bodies and have led to controversial discussions about which criteria—e.g. medical prognosis, age, life-expectancy or quality of life—are ethically acceptable. The paper presents the main points of agreement and disagreement in triage protocols and reviews the ethical debate surrounding them. Sources of data Published articles, news articles, book chapters, ICU triage guidelines set out by professional societies and health authorities. Areas of agreement Points of agreement in the guidelines that are widely supported by ethical arguments are (i) to avoid using a first come, first served policy or quality-adjusted life-years and (ii) to rely on medical prognosis, maximizing lives saved, justice as fairness and non-discrimination. Areas of controversy Points of disagreement in existing guidelines and the ethics literature more broadly regard the use of exclusion criteria, the role of life expectancy, the prioritization of healthcare workers and the reassessment of triage decisions. Growing points Improve outcome predictions, possibly aided by Artificial intelligence (AI); develop participatory approaches to drafting, assessing and revising triaging protocols; learn from experiences with implementation of guidelines with a view to continuously improve decision-making. Areas timely for developing research Examine the universality vs. context-dependence of triaging principles and criteria; empirically test the appropriateness of triaging guidelines, including impact on vulnerable groups and risk of discrimination; study the potential and challenges of AI for outcome and preference prediction and decision-support.

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2021
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4. Doing Justice to Patients with Dementia in ICU Triage

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Rasita Vinay, Holger Baumann, Nikola Biller-Andorno, and University of Zurich

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2019-20 coronavirus outbreak, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), business.industry, Health Policy, MEDLINE, 610 Medicine & health, medicine.disease, Triage, 10092 Institute of Philosophy, Issues, Issues, ethics and legal aspects, Pandemic, medicine, 10222 Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine, Dementia, ethics and legal aspects, Justice (ethics), Medical emergency, 10001 Center for Ethics, business, Health policy
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, countries around the world developed ICU triaging guidelines (Jobges and Biller-Andorno 2020). One important point of convergence was an explicit commitment to...

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2021

5. Intraoperative transfusion practices and perioperative outcome in the European elderly: A secondary analysis of the observational ETPOS study

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Grusser L., Keszei A., Coburn M., Rossaint R., Ziemann S., Kowark A, Daniela Filipescu, Sibylle Kozek-Langenecker, Juan V Llau Pitarch, Susan Mallett, Peter Martus, Idit Matot, Jens Meier, Axel Unterrainer, Dieter Adelmann, Daniel von Langen, Petra Innerhofer, Nicole Innerhofer-Pompernigg, Stefan De Hert, Luc De Baerdemaeker, Jurgen van Limmen, Piet Wyffels, Björn Heyse, Margot Vanderlaenen, Maud Beran, David Kahn, Audrey Prospiech, Luc Jamaer, Freya Mulders, Stefan Jacobs, Wannes Baeten, Sofie Platteau, Isabelle Maquoi, Severine Lauwick, Marc Senard, Vincent Ninane, Jean-Pierre Lecoq, Pierre Boveroux, Grégory Hans, Marcel Vercauteren, Brigitte Leva, Benoit Plichon, Vojislav Vujanovič, Ismet Suljevic, Hened Kelle, Denis Gustin, Matea Bogdanovic Dvorscak, Tamara Lupis, Jadranka Pavičić Šarić, Nataša Paklar, Dagmar Oberhofer, Ira Skok, Borana Kirigin, Ikic Visnja, Marina Kresic, Slavica Kvolik, Renatas Krobot, Vladimir Cerny, Jana Striteska, Marcela Bilska, Petr Štourač, Hana Harazim, Olga Smékalová, Martina Kosinová, Jozef Klučka, Rita Pacasová, Kim Ekelund, Indrek Rätsep, Juri Oganjan, Nadezda Smirnova, Peeter Kivik, Juri Karjagin, Alar Rokk, Alar Sõrmus, Bertrand Rozec, Jean-Christophe Rigal, Jean-Pierre Gouraud, Anne-Marie Chupin, Xavier Ambrosi, Laurent Brisard, Sylvie Decagny, Charles Marc Samama, Lionel Lidzborski, Matthieu Boisson, Anne-Laure Arcade, Gilbert Lorre, Peter Rosenberger, Hannah Merz, Ulrich Goebel, Bettina Schnitter, Hartmut Buerkle, Roland Tomasi, Vera von Dossow-Hanfstingl, Florian Brettner, Andreas Bayer, André Gottschalk, Nicolas Jakobs, Mark Coburn, Ana Kowark, Rolf Rossaint, Rita Laufenberg, Marion Ferner, Michael Schuster, Lydia Strys, Susanne Mauff, Kornel Skitek, Ewa Zielinska-Skitek, Gregor Schittek, Andreas Hoeft, Andreas Fleischer, Maria Wittmann, Florian Kessler, Anne Rohner, Peter Kranke, Christian Wunder, Johanna Jokinen, Kristin Budow, Christopher Prasser, Eva Werner, Alina Balandin, Norbert Ahrens, Kai Zacharowski, Patrick Meybohm, Kassiani Theodoraki, George Giokas, Tasoulis Marios-Konstantinos, Ageliki Pandazi, Aikaterini Kyttari, Eygenia Koursoumi, Georgios Anthopoulos, Antonis Andreou, Athanasios Rantis, Dimitrios Valsamidis, Pelagia Klimi, Konstantinos Katsanoulas, Demetrios Korfiotis, Christos Soumelidis, Fotios Papaspyros, Olga Kiskira, Tilemachos Paraskeuopoulos, Donal Buggy, Mortimer Kelleher, Liz Coghlan, Vladimir Verenkin, Anat Cattan, Francesco Bona, Felicino Debernardi, Andrea Cortegiani, Santi Maurizio Raineri, Giuseppe Accurso, Elena Gramigni, Leonardo Cenni, Laura Campiglia, Irene Lorenzi, Maria Grazia Militello, Tamara Biscioni, Andrius Macas, Daiva Apanaviciute, Darius Trepenaitis, Arunas Gelmanas, Diana Bilshiene, Jurate Sipylaite, Gabija Tomkute, Egle Kontrimaviciut, Renatas Tikuisis, Francis Borg, Ion Chesov, Serghei Cobiletchi, Victoria Moghildea, Bas Verdouw, J F van Poorten, Nick van Dasselaar, Marcus Daniel Lance, Britta de Waal, Lucienne Kropman, Peter van Noord, Benedikt Preckel, Lena Koers, Markus W Hollmann, Holger Baumann, Ankie W M M Koopman-van Gemert, Tore Reikvam, Tore Hervig, Kasper Gymoese Berthelsen, Ingvild Hausberg Sørvoll, Mirosław Czuczwar, Michał Borys, Paweł Piwowarczyk, Suzana Parente, Diogo Martins, Gloria Tareco, Ligia Reis, Joana Amaral, Daniel Ferreira, José Manuel Gonçalves Aguiar, Zélia Moreira, Filipa Lagarto, Filipa Pereira, Maria Lina Miranda, Sofia Serra, Alexandre Carrilho, José Pinto, Sandra Dias, Rita Poeria, Filipe Linda, Silvia Pica, Helder Martinho, Francisco Matias, Claudia Alves, Valentina Almeida, Margarida Marques, Emilia Martires, Piedade Gomes, Elizabete Pereira, Joana Jesus, Claudia Carreira, Carlos Seco, Carlos Bento, Helena Vieira, Luciane Pereira, Fernando Pinto, Luisa Silva, Marta Azenha, Maged Zarif, Ana Bernardino, Ana Raimundo, Ana Lopes, Melissa Fernandes, Beatriz Campos, Ana Macedo, Filipe Pinheiro, Sonia Duarte, Alexandra Saraiva, Catia Real, Marilena Alina Paunescu, Alexandru Bogdan Prodan, Mihai Stefan, Cristian Boros, Marius Tifrea, Anca Dragan, Horhota Lucian, Alida Moise, Carmen Arion-Balescu, Natalia Mincu, Viorel Gherghina, Iulia Cindea, Dan Costea, Ravzan Popescu, Dana Tomescu, Ecaterina Scarlatescu, Esenia Calancea, Ruxandra Copotoiu, Sanda Maria Copotoiu, Victoria Barsan, Dan Corneci, Rely Manolescu, Toma Diana, Denisa Nitu, Georgian Popica, Gabriela Droc, Nicoleta Jipa Lavina, Roxana Ciobanasu, Anna Maria Munteanu, Denisa Anastase, Iona Grintescu, Liliana Mirea, Alexandra Manoleli, Ciobanu Elena, Mary Nicoleta Lupu, Madalina Nina Sandu, Bicolae Bacalbasa, Florenta Calarasu, Alexey Grytsan, Andrey Gasenkampf, Alexander Kulikov, Alexander Shmigelsky, Vojislava Nescovic, Rade Vukovic, Uros Petrovic, Milic Veljovic, Dragana Unic-Stojanovic, Gordana Jovanovic, Ivana Kvrgic, Dragana Rakic, Roman Záhorec, Daniel Cintula, Tomas Veselovsky, Katarina Galkova, Jordana Stevikova, Andrea Číková, Zora Flassikova, Anna Dobisova, Jasmina Markovic Bozic, Minca Voje, Andriy Grynyuk, Alenka Spindler Yesel, Sabina Stivan, Peter Poredos, Darja Kasnik, Jasna Uranjek, Raquel Ferrandis, Sofia Machado, Liliana Henao, Tania Moreno, Ana Izquierdo, Carlos Delgado, Angela Camps, Susana Manrique, Alejandro Arbelaez, Pilar Tormos, Helena Serrano, Irene Garcia, Elvira Bisbe Vives, Luís Moltó, Tania Villar, Enrique Moret, Raquel Tolós, Esther Martínez, Misericordia Basora, Beatriz Tena, Roger Pujol, Jorge Vera Bella, Thomas Mallor, Pablo Mondero, Luis Lopez, Francisco Hidalgo, Maria Bermudez Lopez, Ana Velasco, Begona Bascuas, Victoria Moral, Diana Gómez Martinez, Alfredo Merten, J A Fernández, Nadia Diana Kinast, A Font, Maggi Genaro, Emilia Guasch, Fernando Gilsanz, Raul Martinez, Renato Schiraldi, Ever Martinez, Marta Barquero López, Alexo Lopez Alvarez, Yvan Enrique Sanchez Sanchez, Adriana Roman Fernandez, Olalla Varela Garcia, Marian Angeles Orallo Moran, Veronica Gonzalez Monzon, Óscar Sánchez López, David Sanchez Perez, Pablo Molano Diaz, Concepcion Cassinello, Maria Pilar Jubera, Maria Soler Pedrola, Julio Belmonte Cuenca, Sören Söndergaard, Till Rudolph, Kristin Åkeröy, Monir Jawad, Yousif Saeed, Sergej Safonov, Mona Andersson, Jan Wernerman, Suzanne Odeberg-Wernerman, Tommi Blom, Nesil Deger Coskunfirat, Zekiye Bigat, Suat Sanlı, O Koray Coskunfirat, Atilla Ramazanoğlu, Neval Boztug Uz, Ali Emre Camci, Omur Aksoy, Esra Saka, Oguzhan Arun, Sevda Ozkardesler, Dilek Omur, Mert Akan, Zuleyha Kazak Bengisun, Hakan Yılmaz, Perihan Ekmekci, Onur Selvi, Neslihan Alkis, Çiğdem Yıldırım, Başak Ceyda Meço, Zekeriyye Alanoğlu, Sergiy Vorotyntsev, Yevgen Yakymenko, Galina Troyan, Mohammed Alousi, Sarah James, Paula Meale, Ahmed Chishti, Matt Garner, Rita Singh, Nicola Hirschauer, Charley Higham, Andrea Bell, Alistair Cain, Chris Perry, Katy Davies, Claire Leech, Verity Calder, Shaman Jhanji, Varma Sandeep, Karen Simeson, Philip Watt, Nigel Dunk, Rosemary Ferrie, Margaret Wright, Lynn Everett, Andrew Ferguson, Laura Espie, Gail Browne, Matthew Dickinson, Ashok Nair, Deborah Clements, Peter Carvalho, Thomas Collyer, Jens Bolten, Lajos Zsisku, Attila Petri, Mohammed Ramadan, Tracey Ellimah, Martus, Peter, Laufenberg, Rita, Ferner, Marion, Schuster, Michael, Strys, Lydia, Mauff, Susanne, Skitek, Kornel, Zielinska-Skitek, Ewa, Schittek, Gregor, Hoeft, Andreas, Fleischer, Andreas, Matot, Idit, Wittmann, Maria, Kessler, Florian, Rohner, Anne, Kranke, Peter, Wunder, Christian, Jokinen, Johanna, Budow, Kristin, Prasser, Christopher, Werner, Eva, Balandin, Alina, Meier, Jens, Ahrens, Norbert, Zacharowski, Kai, Meybohm, Patrick, Theodoraki, Kassiani, Giokas, George, Marios-Konstantinos, Tasoulis, Pandazi, Ageliki, Kyttari, Aikaterini, Koursoumi, Eygenia, Anthopoulos, Georgios, Unterrainer, Axel, Andreou, Antonis, Rantis, Athanasios, Valsamidis, Dimitrios, Klimi, Pelagia, Katsanoulas, Konstantinos, Korfiotis, Demetrios, Soumelidis, Christos, Papaspyros, Fotios, Kiskira, Olga, Paraskeuopoulos, Tilemachos, Adelmann, Dieter, Buggy, Donal, Kelleher, Mortimer, Coghlan, Liz, Verenkin, Vladimir, Cattan, Anat, Bona, Francesco, Debernardi, Felicino, Cortegiani, Andrea, Raineri, Santi Maurizio, Accurso, Giuseppe, von Langen, Daniel, Gramigni, Elena, Cenni, Leonardo, Campiglia, Laura, Lorenzi, Irene, Militello, Maria Grazia, Biscioni, Tamara, Macas, Andrius, Apanaviciute, Daiva, Trepenaitis, Darius, Gelmanas, Arunas, Innerhofer, Petra, Bilshiene, Diana, Sipylaite, Jurate, Tomkute, Gabija, Kontrimaviciut, Egle, Tikuisis, Renatas, Borg, Francis, Chesov, Ion, Cobiletchi, Serghei, Moghildea, Victoria, Verdouw, Bas, Innerhofer-Pompernigg, Nicole, van Poorten, J. F., van Dasselaar, Nick, Lance, Marcus Daniel, de Waal, Britta, Kropman, Lucienne, van Noord, Peter, Preckel, Benedikt, Koers, Lena, Hollmann, Markus W., Baumann, Holger, De Hert, Stefan, Koopman-van Gemert, Ankie W. M. M., Reikvam, Tore, Hervig, Tore, Berthelsen, Kasper Gymoese, Sørvoll, Ingvild Hausberg, Czuczwar, Mirosław, Borys, Michał, Piwowarczyk, Paweł, Parente, Suzana, Martins, Diogo, De Baerdemaeker, Luc, Tareco, Gloria, Reis, Ligia, Amaral, Joana, Ferreira, Daniel, Gonçalves Aguiar, José Manuel, Moreira, Zélia, Lagarto, Filipa, Pereira, Filipa, Miranda, Maria Lina, Serra, Sofia, van Limmen, Jurgen, Carrilho, Alexandre, Pinto, José, Dias, Sandra, Poeria, Rita, Linda, Filipe, Pica, Silvia, Martinho, Helder, Matias, Francisco, Alves, Claudia, Almeida, Valentina, Wyffels, Piet, Marques, Margarida, Martires, Emilia, Gomes, Piedade, Pereira, Elizabete, Jesus, Joana, Carreira, Claudia, Seco, Carlos, Bento, Carlos, Vieira, Helena, Pereira, Luciane, Heyse, Björn, Pinto, Fernando, Silva, Luisa, Azenha, Marta, Zarif, Maged, Bernardino, Ana, Raimundo, Ana, Lopes, Ana, Fernandes, Melissa, Campos, Beatriz, Macedo, Ana, Vanderlaenen, Margot, Pinheiro, Filipe, Duarte, Sonia, Saraiva, Alexandra, Real, Catia, Paunescu, Marilena Alina, Bogdan Prodan, Alexandru, Stefan, Mihai, Boros, Cristian, Tifrea, Marius, Dragan, Anca, Beran, Maud, Lucian, Horhota, Moise, Alida, Arion-Balescu, Carmen, Mincu, Natalia, Gherghina, Viorel, Cindea, Iulia, Costea, Dan, Popescu, Ravzan, Tomescu, Dana, Scarlatescu, Ecaterina, Kahn, David, Calancea, Esenia, Copotoiu, Ruxandra, Copotoiu, Sanda Maria, Barsan, Victoria, Corneci, Dan, Manolescu, Rely, Diana, Toma, Nitu, Denisa, Popica, Georgian, Droc, Gabriela, Prospiech, Audrey, Jipa Lavina, Nicoleta, Ciobanasu, Roxana, Munteanu, Anna Maria, Anastase, Denisa, Grintescu, Iona, Mirea, Liliana, Manoleli, Alexandra, Elena, Ciobanu, Lupu, Mary Nicoleta, Sandu, Madalina Nina, Jamaer, Luc, Bacalbasa, Bicolae, Calarasu, Florenta, Grytsan, Alexey, Gasenkampf, Andrey, Kulikov, Alexander, Shmigelsky, Alexander, Nescovic, Vojislava, Vukovic, Rade, Petrovic, Uros, Veljovic, Milic, Mulders, Freya, Unic-Stojanovic, Dragana, Jovanovic, Gordana, Kvrgic, Ivana, Rakic, Dragana, Záhorec, Roman, Cintula, Daniel, Veselovsky, Tomas, Galkova, Katarina, Stevikova, Jordana, Číková, Andrea, Jacobs, Stefan, Flassikova, Zora, Dobisova, Anna, Markovic Bozic, Jasmina, Voje, Minca, Grynyuk, Andriy, Spindler Yesel, Alenka, Stivan, Sabina, Poredos, Peter, Kasnik, Darja, Uranjek, Jasna, Baeten, Wannes, Ferrandis, Raquel, Machado, Sofia, Henao, Liliana, Moreno, Tania, Izquierdo, Ana, Delgado, Carlos, Camps, Angela, Manrique, Susana, Arbelaez, Alejandro, Tormos, Pilar, Platteau, Sofie, Serrano, Helena, Garcia, Irene, Bisbe Vives, Elvira, Moltó, Luís, Villar, Tania, Moret, Enrique, Tolós, Raquel, Martínez, Esther, Basora, Misericordia, Tena, Beatriz, Maquoi, Isabelle, Pujol, Roger, Vera Bella, Jorge, Mallor, Thomas, Mondero, Pablo, Lopez, Luis, Hidalgo, Francisco, Bermudez Lopez, Maria, Velasco, Ana, Bascuas, Begona, Moral, Victoria, Lauwick, Severine, Gómez Martinez, Diana, Merten, Alfredo, Fernández, J. A., Kinast, Nadia Diana, Font, A., Genaro, Maggi, Guasch, Emilia, Gilsanz, Fernando, Martinez, Raul, Schiraldi, Renato, Senard, Marc, Martinez, Ever, Barquero López, Marta, Lopez Alvarez, Alexo, Sanchez Sanchez, Yvan Enrique, Roman Fernandez, Adriana, Varela Garcia, Olalla, Orallo Moran, Marian Angeles, Gonzalez Monzon, Veronica, Sánchez López, Óscar, Sanchez Perez, David, Ninane, Vincent, Molano Diaz, Pablo, Cassinello, Concepcion, Pilar Jubera, Maria, Soler Pedrola, Maria, Belmonte Cuenca, Julio, Söndergaard, Sören, Rudolph, Till, Åkeröy, Kristin, Jawad, Monir, Saeed, Yousif, Lecoq, Jean-Pierre, Safonov, Sergej, Andersson, Mona, Wernerman, Jan, Odeberg-Wernerman, Suzanne, Blom, Tommi, Deger Coskunfirat, Nesil, Bigat, Zekiye, Sanlı, Suat, Coskunfirat, O. Koray, Ramazanoğlu, Atilla, Boveroux, Pierre, Boztug Uz, Neval, Camci, Ali Emre, Aksoy, Omur, Saka, Esra, Arun, Oguzhan, Ozkardesler, Sevda, Omur, Dilek, Akan, Mert, Bengisun, Zuleyha Kazak, Yılmaz, Hakan, Hans, Grégory, Ekmekci, Perihan, Selvi, Onur, Alkis, Neslihan, Yıldırım, Çiğdem, Ceyda Meço, Başak, Alanoğlu, Zekeriyye, Vorotyntsev, Sergiy, Yakymenko, Yevgen, Troyan, Galina, Alousi, Mohammed, Vercauteren, Marcel, James, Sarah, Meale, Paula, Chishti, Ahmed, Garner, Matt, Singh, Rita, Hirschauer, Nicola, Higham, Charley, Bell, Andrea, Cain, Alistair, Perry, Chris, Leva, Brigitte, Davies, Katy, Leech, Claire, Calder, Verity, Jhanji, Shaman, Sandeep, Varma, Simeson, Karen, Watt, Philip, Dunk, Nigel, Ferrie, Rosemary, Wright, Margaret, Plichon, Benoit, Everett, Lynn, Ferguson, Andrew, Espie, Laura, Browne, Gail, Dickinson, Matthew, Nair, Ashok, Clements, Deborah, Carvalho, Peter, Collyer, Thomas, Bolten, Jens, Vujanovič, Vojislav, Zsisku, Lajos, Petri, Attila, Ramadan, Mohammed, Ellimah, Tracey, Suljevic, Ismet, Kelle, Hened, Gustin, Denis, Bogdanovic Dvorscak, Matea, Lupis, Tamara, Pavičić Šarić, Jadranka, Paklar, Nataša, Oberhofer, Dagmar, Skok, Ira, Kirigin, Borana, Visnja, Ikic, Kresic, Marina, Kvolik, Slavica, Krobot, Renatas, Cerny, Vladimir, Striteska, Jana, Bilska, Marcela, Filipescu, Daniela, Štourač, Petr, Harazim, Hana, Smékalová, Olga, Kosinová, Martina, Klučka, Jozef, Pacasová, Rita, Ekelund, Kim, Rätsep, Indrek, Oganjan, Juri, Smirnova, Nadezda, Kozek-Langenecker, Sibylle, Kivik, Peeter, Karjagin, Juri, Rokk, Alar, Sõrmus, Alar, Rozec, Bertrand, Rigal, Jean-Christophe, Gouraud, Jean-Pierre, Chupin, Anne-Marie, Ambrosi, Xavier, Brisard, Laurent, Llau Pitarch, Juan V., Decagny, Sylvie, Samama, Charles Marc, Lidzborski, Lionel, Boisson, Matthieu, Arcade, Anne-Laure, Lorre, Gilbert, Rosenberger, Peter, Merz, Hannah, Goebel, Ulrich, Schnitter, Bettina, Mallett, Susan, Buerkle, Hartmut, Tomasi, Roland, von Dossow-Hanfstingl, Vera, Brettner, Florian, Bayer, Andreas, Gottschalk, André, Jakobs, Nicolas, Coburn, Mark, Kowark, Ana, Rossaint, Rolf, Grusser L., Keszei A., Coburn M., Rossaint R., Ziemann S., Kowark A, Daniela Filipescu, Sibylle Kozek-Langenecker, Juan V Llau Pitarch, Susan Mallett, Peter Martus, Idit Matot, Jens Meier, Axel Unterrainer, Dieter Adelmann, Daniel von Langen, Petra Innerhofer, Nicole Innerhofer-Pompernigg, Stefan De Hert, Luc De Baerdemaeker, Jurgen van Limmen, Piet Wyffels, Björn Heyse, Margot Vanderlaenen, Maud Beran, David Kahn, Audrey Prospiech, Luc Jamaer, Freya Mulders, Stefan Jacobs, Wannes Baeten, Sofie Platteau, Isabelle Maquoi, Severine Lauwick, Marc Senard, Vincent Ninane, Jean-Pierre Lecoq, Pierre Boveroux, Grégory Hans, Marcel Vercauteren, Brigitte Leva, Benoit Plichon, Vojislav Vujanovič, Ismet Suljevic, Hened Kelle, Denis Gustin, Matea Bogdanovic Dvorscak, Tamara Lupis, Jadranka Pavičić Šarić, Nataša Paklar, Dagmar Oberhofer, Ira Skok, Borana Kirigin, Ikic Visnja, Marina Kresic, Slavica Kvolik, Renatas Krobot, Vladimir Cerny, Jana Striteska, Marcela Bilska, Petr Štourač, Hana Harazim, Olga Smékalová, Martina Kosinová, Jozef Klučka, Rita Pacasová, Kim Ekelund, Indrek Rätsep, Juri Oganjan, Nadezda Smirnova, Peeter Kivik, Juri Karjagin, Alar Rokk, Alar Sõrmus, Bertrand Rozec, Jean-Christophe Rigal, Jean-Pierre Gouraud, Anne-Marie Chupin, Xavier Ambrosi, Laurent Brisard, Sylvie Decagny, Charles Marc Samama, Lionel Lidzborski, Matthieu Boisson, Anne-Laure Arcade, Gilbert Lorre, Peter Rosenberger, Hannah Merz, Ulrich Goebel, Bettina Schnitter, Hartmut Buerkle, Roland Tomasi, Vera von Dossow-Hanfstingl, Florian Brettner, Andreas Bayer, André Gottschalk, Nicolas Jakobs, Mark Coburn, Ana Kowark, Rolf Rossaint, Rita Laufenberg, Marion Ferner, Michael Schuster, Lydia Strys, Susanne Mauff, Kornel Skitek, Ewa Zielinska-Skitek, Gregor Schittek, Andreas Hoeft, Andreas Fleischer, Maria Wittmann, Florian Kessler, Anne Rohner, Peter Kranke, Christian Wunder, Johanna Jokinen, Kristin Budow, Christopher Prasser, Eva Werner, Alina Balandin, Norbert Ahrens, Kai Zacharowski, Patrick Meybohm, Kassiani Theodoraki, George Giokas, Tasoulis Marios-Konstantinos, Ageliki Pandazi, Aikaterini Kyttari, Eygenia Koursoumi, Georgios Anthopoulos, Antonis Andreou, Athanasios Rantis, Dimitrios Valsamidis, Pelagia Klimi, Konstantinos Katsanoulas, Demetrios Korfiotis, Christos Soumelidis, Fotios Papaspyros, Olga Kiskira, Tilemachos Paraskeuopoulos, Donal Buggy, Mortimer Kelleher, Liz Coghlan, Vladimir Verenkin, Anat Cattan, Francesco Bona, Felicino Debernardi, Andrea Cortegiani, Santi Maurizio Raineri, Giuseppe Accurso, Elena Gramigni, Leonardo Cenni, Laura Campiglia, Irene Lorenzi, Maria Grazia Militello, Tamara Biscioni, Andrius Macas, Daiva Apanaviciute, Darius Trepenaitis, Arunas Gelmanas, Diana Bilshiene, Jurate Sipylaite, Gabija Tomkute, Egle Kontrimaviciut, Renatas Tikuisis, Francis Borg, Ion Chesov, Serghei Cobiletchi, Victoria Moghildea, Bas Verdouw, J F van Poorten, Nick van Dasselaar, Marcus Daniel Lance, Britta de Waal, Lucienne Kropman, Peter van Noord, Benedikt Preckel, Lena Koers, Markus W Hollmann, Holger Baumann, Ankie W M M Koopman-van Gemert, Tore Reikvam, Tore Hervig, Kasper Gymoese Berthelsen, Ingvild Hausberg Sørvoll, Mirosław Czuczwar, Michał Borys, Paweł Piwowarczyk, Suzana Parente, Diogo Martins, Gloria Tareco, Ligia Reis, Joana Amaral, Daniel Ferreira, José Manuel Gonçalves Aguiar, Zélia Moreira, Filipa Lagarto, Filipa Pereira, Maria Lina Miranda, Sofia Serra, Alexandre Carrilho, José Pinto, Sandra Dias, Rita Poeria, Filipe Linda, Silvia Pica, Helder Martinho, Francisco Matias, Claudia Alves, Valentina Almeida, Margarida Marques, Emilia Martires, Piedade Gomes, Elizabete Pereira, Joana Jesus, Claudia Carreira, Carlos Seco, Carlos Bento, Helena Vieira, Luciane Pereira, Fernando Pinto, Luisa Silva, Marta Azenha, Maged Zarif, Ana Bernardino, Ana Raimundo, Ana Lopes, Melissa Fernandes, Beatriz Campos, Ana Macedo, Filipe Pinheiro, Sonia Duarte, Alexandra Saraiva, Catia Real, Marilena Alina Paunescu, Alexandru Bogdan Prodan, Mihai Stefan, Cristian Boros, Marius Tifrea, Anca Dragan, Horhota Lucian, Alida Moise, Carmen Arion-Balescu, Natalia Mincu, Viorel Gherghina, Iulia Cindea, Dan Costea, Ravzan Popescu, Dana Tomescu, Ecaterina Scarlatescu, Esenia Calancea, Ruxandra Copotoiu, Sanda Maria Copotoiu, Victoria Barsan, Dan Corneci, Rely Manolescu, Toma Diana, Denisa Nitu, Georgian Popica, Gabriela Droc, Nicoleta Jipa Lavina, Roxana Ciobanasu, Anna Maria Munteanu, Denisa Anastase, Iona Grintescu, Liliana Mirea, Alexandra Manoleli, Ciobanu Elena, Mary Nicoleta Lupu, Madalina Nina Sandu, Bicolae Bacalbasa, Florenta Calarasu, Alexey Grytsan, Andrey Gasenkampf, Alexander Kulikov, Alexander Shmigelsky, Vojislava Nescovic, Rade Vukovic, Uros Petrovic, Milic Veljovic, Dragana Unic-Stojanovic, Gordana Jovanovic, Ivana Kvrgic, Dragana Rakic, Roman Záhorec, Daniel Cintula, Tomas Veselovsky, Katarina Galkova, Jordana Stevikova, Andrea Číková, Zora Flassikova, Anna Dobisova, Jasmina Markovic Bozic, Minca Voje, Andriy Grynyuk, Alenka Spindler Yesel, Sabina Stivan, Peter Poredos, Darja Kasnik, Jasna Uranjek, Raquel Ferrandis, Sofia Machado, Liliana Henao, Tania Moreno, Ana Izquierdo, Carlos Delgado, Angela Camps, Susana Manrique, Alejandro Arbelaez, Pilar Tormos, Helena Serrano, Irene Garcia, Elvira Bisbe Vives, Luís Moltó, Tania Villar, Enrique Moret, Raquel Tolós, Esther Martínez, Misericordia Basora, Beatriz Tena, Roger Pujol, Jorge Vera Bella, Thomas Mallor, Pablo Mondero, Luis Lopez, Francisco Hidalgo, Maria Bermudez Lopez, Ana Velasco, Begona Bascuas, Victoria Moral, Diana Gómez Martinez, Alfredo Merten, J A Fernández, Nadia Diana Kinast, A Font, Maggi Genaro, Emilia Guasch, Fernando Gilsanz, Raul Martinez, Renato Schiraldi, Ever Martinez, Marta Barquero López, Alexo Lopez Alvarez, Yvan Enrique Sanchez Sanchez, Adriana Roman Fernandez, Olalla Varela Garcia, Marian Angeles Orallo Moran, Veronica Gonzalez Monzon, Óscar Sánchez López, David Sanchez Perez, Pablo Molano Diaz, Concepcion Cassinello, Maria Pilar Jubera, Maria Soler Pedrola, Julio Belmonte Cuenca, Sören Söndergaard, Till Rudolph, Kristin Åkeröy, Monir Jawad, Yousif Saeed, Sergej Safonov, Mona Andersson, Jan Wernerman, Suzanne Odeberg-Wernerman, Tommi Blom, Nesil Deger Coskunfirat, Zekiye Bigat, Suat Sanlı, O Koray Coskunfirat, Atilla Ramazanoğlu, Neval Boztug Uz, Ali Emre Camci, Omur Aksoy, Esra Saka, Oguzhan Arun, Sevda Ozkardesler, Dilek Omur, Mert Akan, Zuleyha Kazak Bengisun, Hakan Yılmaz, Perihan Ekmekci, Onur Selvi, Neslihan Alkis, Çiğdem Yıldırım, Başak Ceyda Meço, Zekeriyye Alanoğlu, Sergiy Vorotyntsev, Yevgen Yakymenko, Galina Troyan, Mohammed Alousi, Sarah James, Paula Meale, Ahmed Chishti, Matt Garner, Rita Singh, Nicola Hirschauer, Charley Higham, Andrea Bell, Alistair Cain, Chris Perry, Katy Davies, Claire Leech, Verity Calder, Shaman Jhanji, Varma Sandeep, Karen Simeson, Philip Watt, Nigel Dunk, Rosemary Ferrie, Margaret Wright, Lynn Everett, Andrew Ferguson, Laura Espie, Gail Browne, Matthew Dickinson, Ashok Nair, Deborah Clements, Peter Carvalho, Thomas Collyer, Jens Bolten, Lajos Zsisku, Attila Petri, Mohammed Ramadan, Tracey Ellimah, Anesthesiology, ACS - Diabetes & metabolism, APH - Quality of Care, ACS - Heart failure & arrhythmias, APH - Global Health, and ACS - Microcirculation

Subjects
Clinical Oncology, Male, Science, Clinical Decision-Making, Cancer Treatment, Surgical and Invasive Medical Procedures, Geographical Locations, Diagnostic Medicine, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Medicine and Health Sciences, Humans, Blood Transfusion, Prospective Studies, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Intraoperative Care, Multidisciplinary, Transfusion Medicine, Anemia, Hematology, Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Health Care, Europe, Surgical Oncology, Oncology, Age Groups, Elective Surgical Procedures, People and Places, Medicine, Population Groupings, Female, Geriatric Care, Clinical Medicine, Erythrocyte Transfusion, Research Article
Abstract

PLOS ONE 17(1), e0262110 (2022). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0262110, Published by PLOS, San Francisco, California, US

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2022
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7. Ideas of Perfection and the Ethics of Human Enhancement

Author

Johann A R Roduit, Holger Baumann, and Jan-Christoph Heilinger

Subjects
Health (social science), Health Policy, media_common.quotation_subject, 020207 software engineering, 06 humanities and the arts, 02 engineering and technology, Bioethics, 0603 philosophy, ethics and religion, 16. Peace & justice, Morality, Ideal (ethics), Epistemology, Philosophy, Dignity, Human enhancement, 060302 philosophy, 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, Capability approach, Sociology, Element (criminal law), Autonomy, media_common
Abstract

Whatever ethical stance one takes in the debate regarding the ethics of human enhancement, one or more reference points are required to assess its morality. Some have suggested looking at the bioethical notions of safety, justice, and/or autonomy to find such reference points. Others, arguing that those notions are limited with respect to assessing the morality of human enhancement, have turned to human nature, human authenticity, or human dignity as reference points, thereby introducing some perfectionist assumptions into the debate. In this article, we ask which perfectionist assumptions should be used in this debate. After a critique of views that are problematic, we take a positive approach, suggesting some perfectionist elements that can lend guidance to the practice of human enhancement, based on the work of Martha Nussbaum's Capability Approach. We suggest that the central capabilities can be used to define the human aspect of human enhancement and thereby allow a moral evaluation of enhancement interventions. These central capabilities can be maximized harmoniously to postulate what an ideal human would look like. Ultimately, the aim of this article is twofold. First, it seeks to make explicit the perfectionist assumptions found in the debate and eliminate those that are problematic. Second, the paper clarifies an element that is often neglected in the debate about human enhancement, the view of the ideal human towards which human enhancement should strive. Here, we suggest that some central capabilities that are essential for an ideal human being can be maximized harmoniously and can therefore serve as possible reference points to guide human enhancement.

Published
2015
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8. Human Dignity and the Right to Assisted Suicide

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Holger Baumann, Sebastian Muders, and Peter Schaber

Subjects
Dignity, media_common.quotation_subject, Law, Normative power, Assisted suicide, Psychology, Duty, media_common
Abstract

If a person competently requests another person to assist her in dying, she thereby exercises her normative power to make the act permissible that belongs to her rights over her own body. Denying a person this normative power means, on the view developed in this chapter, to disrespect her human dignity. We thus argue against views that regard terminating one’s own life (by the help of others) as morally impermissible for reasons of human dignity. At the same time, however, we do not think that exercises of a person’s normative power to end her life provide others with any reasons to help nor does it put them' under a duty to assist. Respect for human dignity only requires us to respect a person’s normative power to make assisting acts morally permissible.

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2017
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9. Does organ selling violate human dignity?

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Zümrüt Alpinar-Şencan, Holger Baumann, Nikola Biller-Andorno, and University of Zurich

Subjects
Tissue and Organ Procurement, media_common.quotation_subject, 610 Medicine & health, Economic shortage, 2700 General Medicine, 0603 philosophy, ethics and religion, Morals, 10092 Institute of Philosophy, Respect, Personhood, 03 medical and health sciences, Dignity, Ethical debate, 0302 clinical medicine, Social account, Argument, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Sociology, Organ donation, media_common, Law and economics, Commerce, 06 humanities and the arts, General Medicine, Organ Transplantation, Dissent and Disputes, Tissue Donors, Transplantation, Law, Personal Autonomy, 10222 Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine, 060301 applied ethics, 10001 Center for Ethics, Autonomy
Abstract

Shortages in the number of donated organs after death and the growing number of end-stage organ failure patients on waiting lists call for looking at alternatives to increase the number of organs that could be used for transplantation purposes. One option that has led to a legal and ethical debate is to have regulated markets in human organs. Opponents of a market in human organs offer different arguments that are mostly founded on contingent factors that can be adjusted. However, some authors have asked the question whether we still have a reason to believe that there is something wrong with offering human organs for sale for transplantation purposes, even if the circumstances under which the practice takes place are improved. One prominent argument regarding this appeals to the notion of human dignity. It is argued that organ selling violates human dignity. This paper presents a systematic discussion of dignity-based arguments in the organ selling debate, and then develops a social account of dignity. It is argued that allowing the practice of organ selling inherently runs the risk of promoting the notion that some persons have less worth than others and that persons have a price, which is incompatible with dignity. The approach is defended against possible objections and it is shown that it can capture the notion that autonomy is linked to human dignity in important ways, while dignity at the same time can constrain the autonomous choices of persons with regards to certain practices.

Published
2017

10. Gibt es einen moralisch relevanten Unterschied zwischen Lügen und Irreführen?

Author

Holger Baumann, University of Zurich, and Baumann, Holger

Subjects
Philosophy, 100 Philosophy, Jenni, lcsh:Philosophy (General), Lügen, Respekt, 10001 Center for Ethics, lcsh:B1-5802, 10092 Institute of Philosophy, Irreführen, Bernard Williams, Jennifer Saul
Abstract

Einer weit verbreiteten Auffassung zufolge ist es moralisch besser (bzw. weniger schlecht), eine andere Person in die Irre zu führen als sie anzulügen. Diese Auffassung ist in neuerer Zeit jedoch ausführlich von Bernard Williams und Jennifer Saul kritisiert worden – ihnen zufolge verdankt sich unsere moralische Präferenz für Irreführungen einem Irrtum und lässt sich bei näherer Betrachtung nicht aufrechterhalten. Im ersten Teil des Aufsatzes versuche ich demgegenüber zu zeigen, dass es in manchen Fällen tatsächlich moralische Gründe gibt, statt zu lügen in die Irre zu führen. Im Mittelpunkt steht dabei eine expressive und beziehungsorientierte Analyse von Irreführungen: Wir können mit Irreführungen, so die zentrale These, im Unterschied zu Lügen zumindest in manchen Fällen zum Ausdruck bringen, dass wir die andere Person respektieren und uns die Fortführung einer vertrauensvollen Beziehung mit ihr am Herzen liegt. Im zweiten Teil weise ich dann allerdings nach, dass die moralische Präferenz für Irreführungen nicht in allen Fällen gerechtfertigt ist – zum einen, weil der mit Irreführungen zum Ausdruck gebrachte Respekt gegenüber anderen Personen nicht immer angemessen ist, und zum anderen, weil mit Irreführungen nicht in allen Situationen Respekt vor der anderen Person und ein Interesse an einer vertrauensvollen Beziehung mit ihr zum Ausdruck gebracht werden kann.

Published
2015

11. Respecting Children and Children’s Dignity

Author

Holger Baumann, Barbara Bleisch, University of Zurich, Bagattini, Alexander, and Macleod, Colin

Subjects
Dignity, 100 Philosophy, Personhood, media_common.quotation_subject, Perspective (graphical), Environmental ethics, Sociology, 10001 Center for Ethics, 10092 Institute of Philosophy, Autonomy, media_common
Abstract

The concept of human dignity has remained surprisingly absent from philosophical discussions about the ethics of childhood so far. Likewise, children as a group are mostly neglected in the ongoing discourse on human dignity. In this paper, we attempt to close this double gap by showing that there is, first, a meaningful way to speak of children’s dignity, and that, second, considering children as a group can be illuminating for dignity theorists in general. After an analysis of the reasons why the debates on human dignity and the ethics of childhood have been conducted almost entirely separately, we develop a concept of respecting children as respecting their dignity. Drawing upon personhood accounts of human dignity, we suggest that respecting a child’s dignity means respecting her activity, which means essentially developing and maintaining a perspective of one’s own. Construed in that way, respecting children’s dignity is in some important respects different from concerns about their well-being and their autonomy. In the last section, we will take a step back from the debate about the ethics of childhood and point to some possible conclusions for the debate about human dignity in general.

Published
2014
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12. Evaluating human enhancements: the importance of ideals

Author

Holger Baumann, Johann A R Roduit, Jan-Christoph Heilinger, and University of Zurich

Subjects
Social Values, Status quo, media_common.quotation_subject, 610 Medicine & health, 2700 General Medicine, Morals, Economic Justice, 10092 Institute of Philosophy, Ideal theory, Judgment, Social Justice, Argument, Humans, Political philosophy, Sociology, media_common, Just society, Ideal (set theory), Politics, General Medicine, Biomedical Enhancement, Epistemology, Philosophy, Human enhancement, 10222 Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine, 10001 Center for Ethics
Abstract

Is it necessary to have an ideal of perfection in mind to identify and evaluate true biotechnological human "enhancements", or can one do without? To answer this question we suggest employing the distinction between ideal and non-ideal theory, found in the debate in political philosophy about theories of justice: the distinctive views about whether one needs an idea of a perfectly just society or not when it comes to assessing the current situation and recommending steps to increase justice. In this paper we argue that evaluating human enhancements from a non-ideal perspective has some serious shortcomings, which can be avoided when endorsing an ideal approach. Our argument starts from a definition of human enhancement as improvement, which can be understood in two ways. The first approach is backward-looking and assesses improvements with regard to a status quo ante. The second, a forward-looking approach, evaluates improvements with regard to their proximity to a goal or according to an ideal. After outlining the limitations of an exclusively backward-looking view (non-ideal theory), we answer possible objections against a forward-looking view (ideal theory). Ultimately, we argue that the human enhancement debate would lack some important moral insights if a forward-looking view of improvement is not taken into consideration.

Published
2014

13. Human Enhancement

Author

Holger Baumann, Johann A R Roduit, Steven John Thompson, and Vincent Menuz

Subjects
03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Ideal (set theory), Human enhancement, 060301 applied ethics, 06 humanities and the arts, Biochemical engineering, Sociology, 0603 philosophy, ethics and religion, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract

Two major problems persist in the debate regarding the ethics of human enhancement. First, there is a lack of discussion and agreement on a definition of human enhancement. Second, the commonly used bioethical principles of justice, safety, and autonomy are jointly insufficient to assess the morality of human enhancement. This chapter attempts to define these problems and to propose a possible solution. Defending a qualitative definition of human enhancement, the authors suggest examining “perfectionist notions” of what it means to live a good human life in order to give additional normative tools to assess the morality of human enhancements. This chapter will help to clarify the debate and move it along by arguing that characteristics of the ideal human life, once defined and seen as the goal of human enhancement, can help assess the morality of a given human enhancement.

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2014
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14. Human enhancement and perfection

Author

Johann A R Roduit, Jan-Christoph Heilinger, Holger Baumann, University of Zurich, and Roduit, Johann A R

Subjects
Health (social science), media_common.quotation_subject, Perfection, 610 Medicine & health, 0603 philosophy, ethics and religion, Morals, 10092 Institute of Philosophy, 170 Ethics, 03 medical and health sciences, Judgment, Denial, Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), Relevance (law), U3 Ethics, Humans, Sociology, 030304 developmental biology, media_common, 0303 health sciences, Health Policy, 06 humanities and the arts, Ambiguity, 2719 Health Policy, Dissent and Disputes, Epistemology, Biomedical Enhancement, Issues, ethics and legal aspects, 2910 Issues, Ethics and Legal Aspects, Genetic Enhancement, Human enhancement, Philosophy of medicine, Law, 1201 Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), 10222 Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine, 060301 applied ethics, Form of the Good, 10001 Center for Ethics, 3306 Health (social science), Autonomy
Abstract

Both, bioconservatives and bioliberals, should seek a discussion about ideas of human perfection, making explicit their underlying assumptions about what makes for a good human life. This is relevant, because these basic, and often implicit ideas, inform and influence judgements and choices about human enhancement interventions. Both neglect, and polemical but inconsistent use of the complex ideas of perfection are leading to confusion within the ethical debate about human enhancement interventions, that can be avoided by tackling the notion of perfection directly. In the recent debates, bioconservatives have prominently argued against the 'pursuit of perfection' by biotechnological means. In the first part of this paper, we show that--paradoxically--bioconservatives themselves explicitly embrace specific conceptions of human perfection and perfectionist assumptions about the good human life in order to argue against the use of enhancement technologies. Yet, we argue that the bioconservative position contains an untenable ambiguity between criticising and endorsing ideas of human perfection. Hence, they stand in need of clarifying their stance on human perfection. In the second part of the paper, we ask whether bioliberals in fact (implicitly) advocate a particular conception of perfection, or whether they are right in holding that they do not, and that discussing perfection is obsolete anyway. We show that bioliberals also rely on a specific idea of human perfection, based on the idea of autonomy. Hence, their denial of the relevance of perfection in the debate is unconvincing and has to be revised.

Published
2013

15. Emotion-Oriented Systems and the Autonomy of Persons

Author

Holger Baumann and Sabine A. Döring

Subjects
media_common.quotation_subject, Compromise, Perspective (graphical), Bodily expression, Psychology, Affect (psychology), Social psychology, Autonomy, media_common
Abstract

Many people fear that emotion-oriented technologies (EOT) – capable of registering, modelling, influencing and responding to emotions – can easily affect their decisions and lives in ways that effectively undermine their autonomy. In this chapter, we explain why these worries are at least partly founded: EOT are particularly susceptible to abuse of autonomy, and there are ways of respecting the autonomy of persons that EOT are unable to accomplish. We draw some general ethical conclusions concerning the design and further development of EOT, contrasting our approach with the “interactional design approach”. This approach is often thought to avoid infringements of user autonomy. We argue, however, that it unduly restricts possible uses of EOT that are unproblematic from the perspective of autonomy, while at the same time it allows for uses of EOT that tend to compromise the autonomy of persons.

Published
2010
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16. Reconsidering relational autonomy - personal autonomy for socially embedded and temporally extended selves

Author

Holger Baumann, University of Zurich, and Baumann, H

Subjects
Value (ethics), 100 Philosophy, Sociology and Political Science, Embeddedness, media_common.quotation_subject, Social environment, 10092 Institute of Philosophy, Ideal (ethics), Epistemology, 170 Ethics, Philosophy, Liberalism, Isolation (psychology), Normative, Sociology, 10001 Center for Ethics, Social psychology, Autonomy, media_common
Abstract

Most recent accounts of personal autonomy acknowledge that the social environment a person lives in, and the personal relationships she entertains, have some impact on her autonomy. Two kinds of conceptualizing social conditions are traditionally distinguished in this regard: Causally relational accounts hold that certain relationships and social environments play a causal role for the development and ongoing exercise of autonomy. Constitutively relational accounts, by contrast, claim that autonomy is at least partly constituted by a person’s social environment or standing. The central aim of this paper is to raise the question how causally and constitutively relational approaches relate to the fact that we exercise our autonomy over time. I argue that once the temporal scope of autonomy is opened up, we need not only to think differently about the social dimension of autonomy. We also need to reconsider the very distinction between causally and constitutively relational accounts, because it is itself a synchronic (and not a diachronic) distinction. 0. The Debate about Relational Autonomy The social environment a person lives in, and the personal relationships she entertains, have without doubt an impact on her autonomy. Any account of personal autonomy that negates this fact is untenable on descriptive as well as on normative grounds. Neither are we self-made or self-sufficient beings who exist in complete isolation from others; nor is an understanding of personal autonomy as self-sufficient independence an ideal to be aspired at, or a value that deserves the centrality it is given in modern Western societies. As is widely known, many of the early feminist and communitarian critiques leveled against autonomy (and liberalism) originated from this identification of autonomous agents with self-sufficient rational choosers, who create their own principles and are substantively independent of others.1 Against this picture, feminists and communitarians alike stressed the social embeddedness of persons: the identity-forming influence of others, the significance of intimate relationships 1 Jennifer Nedelsky is maybe the most prominent case in point. She attacks “the liberal vision of human beings as self-made and self-making men” (Nedelsky 1989, 8).

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2008
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18. Sequence and length recognition of the C-terminal turnover element of LpxC, a soluble substrate of the membrane-bound FtsH protease

Author

Franz Narberhaus, Blanka Kutscher, Holger Baumann, Alexandra Müller, Frank Führer, and Sina Langklotz

Subjects
Proteases, Proteolysis, medicine.medical_treatment, Molecular Sequence Data, Biology, medicine.disease_cause, Amidohydrolases, chemistry.chemical_compound, Structure-Activity Relationship, Biosynthesis, ATP-Dependent Proteases, Structural Biology, Enzyme Stability, medicine, Escherichia coli, Amino Acid Sequence, Molecular Biology, Peptide sequence, Glutathione Transferase, chemistry.chemical_classification, Protease, medicine.diagnostic_test, C-terminus, Escherichia coli Proteins, Membrane Proteins, Amino acid, chemistry, Biochemistry, Amino Acid Substitution, Solubility, Mutation, Protein Processing, Post-Translational
Abstract

The membrane-anchored FtsH protease is essential in Escherichia coli as it adjusts the cellular amount of LpxC, the key enzyme in lipopolysaccharide (LPS) biosynthesis. Both accumulation and depletion of LpxC are toxic to E. coli. By continuous proteolysis of LpxC, FtsH maintains a low concentration of LpxC and, hence, the proper equilibrium between LPS and phospholipids. The C terminus of LpxC is required for turnover. By adding this tail to glutathione-S-transferase (GST) we show that it is necessary but not sufficient for FtsH-mediated degradation. A detailed mutational analysis revealed six non-polar residues in the C terminus of LpxC that are critical for degradation. Alteration of the C-terminal AVLA motif towards the SsrA-like sequence ALAA directed LpxC to other cellular proteases reinforcing the importance of the C-terminal tail for targeting to FtsH. Short C-terminal truncations stabilized LpxC. Most mutations in the C terminus of LpxC left its enzymatic activity intact as was shown by growth assays, microscopy and 2-keto-3-deoxyoctonate (KDO) determination. The critical length of the turnover element was defined by internal deletions. A C-terminal tail of about 20 amino acids length is required for proteolysis of LpxC by FtsH.

Published
2007

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