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  • Dogulas, T. (2011), 'Human enhancement and supra-personal moral status', Philosophical Studies, Vol: online first
  • Douglas, T. (2011), 'Moral enhancement via direct emotion modulation: a reply to John Harris', Bioethics, Vol: first published online: 17 NOV 2011.
  • Savulescu, J. and I. Persson. (2011), 'Getting moral enhancement right: the desirability of moral bioenhancement', Bioethics, Vol: online first 29 Jul 2011. [open access]
  • Kahane, G. (2011), 'Mastery Without Mystery: Why there is no Promethean Sin in Enhancement', Journal of Applied Philosophy, Vol: 28(4): 355–368. [open access]
  • Powell, R. and Buchanan, A. (2011), "Breaking Evolution's Chains: The Prospect of Deliberate Genetic Modification in Humans" Journal of Medicine and Philosophy Vol: 36(1): pp. 6-27.   http://jmp.oxfordjournals.org/content/36/1/6.full
  • Powell, R. and Buchanan, A. (2011), "Breaking Evolution's Chains: The Prospect of Deliberate Genetic Modification in Humans "  Re-printed in Briefing Book for the U.S. Presidential Commission for Bioethics, 2010
  • Savulescu, J. and Persson, I. (forthcoming 2011) ‘Getting Moral Enhancement Right’. Bioethics, forthcoming.
  • Savulescu, J. and Persson, I. (2011) ‘The Turn for Ultimate Harm: A Reply to Fenton’. Journal of Medical Ethics published online February 2011 (forthcoming in print March 2011) 10.1136/jme.2010.036962
  • Persson, I. and Savulescu, J. (2010) ‘Moral Transhumanism’. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, thematic issue on Transhumanism and Bioethics. Published online November 2010 (forthcoming in print 2011)
  • Foddy, B. and Savulescu, J. (2010), 'Time to Reevaluate Gender Segregation in Athletics?' British Journal of Sports Medicine, Vol: Published online August 2010 (forthcoming in print 2011) http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2010/08/10/bjsm.2010.071639.long
  • Kahane, G. and Savulescu, J. (2010), 'The Value of Sex in Procreative Reasons', American Journal of Bioethics Vol: 10(7) pp. 22-24 http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/section?content=a923320988&fulltext=713240928
  • Savulescu, J. (2010) ‘Human liberation: Removing biological and psychological barriers to freedom’. Monash Bioethics Review Vol:29(1) 2010
  • Savulescu, J., Persson, I. (2010) ‘Actualizable Potential, Reproduction and Embryo Research: Bringing Embryos into Existence for Different Purposes, or Not at All’. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, Vol: 19(1) pp 51-60
  • Savulescu, J. (2009) ’Human Liberation: Removing Biological and Psychological Barriers to Freedom’. Centro Einaudi Journal, Biblioteca della Liberta no. 196. http://www.centroeinaudi.it/centro/196-bdl-2009-online.html
  • Mathews, D., Donovan, P., Harris, J., Lovell-Badge, R., Savulescu, J., and Faden, R., (2009) ‘Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Gametes: Truth and (Potential) Consequences’. Cell Stem Cell. 5(1) : 11-14.
  • Savulescu, J., and Kahane, G., (2009) The Moral Obligation to Create Children with the Best Chance of the Best Life, Bioethics 23 (5): 274-290. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8519.2008.00687.
  • Liao, S. M., Savulescu, J. and Wasserman, D. (2008), 'The Ethics of Enhancement: ' Journal of Applied Philosophy, Vol: 25(3) pp. 159-161 http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118520509/home
  • Douglas, T. (2008). 'Moral Enhancement' Journal of Applied Philosophy 25(3): 228-245. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-5930.2008.00412.x/pdf  
  • Naylor, E., Wood, D. and Savulescu, J. (2008), 'Enhancement', Student British Medical Journal, Vol: March 2008
  • Sandberg, A. and Savulescu, J. (2008), 'Neuroenhancement of Love and Marriage: The Chemicals Between Us ', Neuroethics, Vol: 1(1) pp. 31-44 http://www.springerlink.com/content/lp106323642w7062/fulltext.html
  • Savulescu, J. and Persson, I. (2008), 'The Perils of Cognitive Enhancement and the Urgent Imperative to Enhance the Moral Character of Humanity', Journal of Applied Philosophy, Vol: 25(3) pp. 162 - 167 http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/120749451/HTMLSTART
  • Savulescu, J., Goold, I., (2008). ‘Freezing Eggs for Lifestyle Reasons’. American Journal Of Bioethics. 8(6):32
  • Goold, I. and Savulescu, J., (2008). ‘In Favour of Freezing Eggs for Non- Medical Reasons’. Bioethics. 23 (1): 47-58.
  • Savulescu, J., and Skene, L., (2008). ‘The Kingdom of Genes: Why Genes from Animals and Plants Will Make Better Humans’. Open Peer Commentary on Baylis, F. ‘Animal Eggs for Stem Cell Research: A Path Not Worth Taking’. American Journal of Bioethics. 8:(12):35 ISSN: 1536-0075
  • Savulescu, J. (2007). ‘In Defence of Procreative Beneficience: Response to Parker’. Journal of Medical Ethics. 33:284-288. doi:10.1136/jme.2006.018184
  • Savulescu, J. (2007) ‘The Case for Creating Human-Nonhuman Cell Lines’. Bioethics Forum [Online.] Available at: http://www.bioethicsforum.org/
  • Savulescu, J. (2007), 'In Defence of Procreative Beneficience: Response to Parker', Journal of Medical Ethics, Vol: 33 pp. 284-288 http://jme.bmj.com/content/33/5/284.full.pdf
  • Savulescu, J., and Foddy, B., (2007). ‘Addiction is not an affliction: addictive desires are merely pleasure-oriented desires’, American Journal of Bioethics, Vol: 7(1) pp 29-32 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17366161
  • Savulescu, J. (2006). ‘Justice, Fairness and Enhancement’. In Sims Bainbridge, W. and Roco, M. C. (eds). Special Issue: Progress in Convergence: Technologies for Human Wellbeing. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1093: 321-338 (December). doi: 10.1196/annals.1382.021
  • Savulescu, J. (2006), 'Justice, Fairness and Enhancement', Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol: 1093 pp. 321-338
  • Foddy, B., Savulescu, J.. (2006). ‘Addiction and Autonomy: Can Addicted People Consent to the Prescription of Their Drug of Addiction?’ Bioethics. 20 (1): 1-15 (Feb). DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2006.00470.x Second highest cited article in Bioethics from 2006-07.
  • Savulescu, J., Foddy, B. (2006). ‘Autonomy, Addiction and the Drive to Pleasure: Designing Drugs and our Biology: A Reply to Neil Levy’. Bioethics 20 (1) : 21-23 (Feb). doi:10.1111/j.1467-8519.2006.00472.x
  • Devolder, K., Savulescu, J. (2006). ‘The Moral Imperative to Conduct Embryonic Stem Cell and Cloning Research’. Cambridge Quarterly of Health Care Ethics. 15 (1): 7 – 21. doi:10.1017/S0963180106060026
  • Savulescu, J., Hemsley, M., Newson, A. and Foddy, B. (2006), 'Behavioural Genetics: Why Eugenic Selection is Preferable to Enhancement', Journal of Applied Philosophy, Vol: 23 pp. 157-171
  • Savulescu, J. (2005), 'New Breeds of Humans: the Moral Obligation to Enhance', Reproductive Biomedicine Online (RBM Online), Vol: 10 pp. 1 - 9
  • Savulescu, J. (2005), 'Rational Morality, the New Genetics, and the Human Person', Bulletin of Death and Life Studies, Vol: 1 pp. 13 - 34
  • Savulescu, J. and Foddy, B. (2005), 'Comment: Genetic Test Available for Sports Performance', British Journal of Sports Medicine, Vol: 39 pp. 472
  • Savulescu, J. Foddy, B. Book Review of Sports Ethics: An Anthology, Br J Sports Med, Sep 2005; 39: 686 - 687
  • Savulescu, J. and Fuscaldo, G. (2005), 'Spare Embryos: 3000 Reasons to rethink the significance of genetic relatedness', Reproductive Biomedicine Online (RBM Online), Vol: 110(2) pp. 164 - 168

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