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2011
- Edmonds, D. (2011) 'Out of thin air' Prospect Magazine, December issue
- Kahane, G. (2011), 'Should We Want God to Exist?' Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Vol: 82(3): pp. 674-696.
- Savulescu, J. and Persson, I. (2011), 'The Turn for Ultimate Harm: A Reply to Fenton ', Journal of Medical Ethics Vol: 37(7): pp. 441-444.
- Kahane, G. and Chan, T. (2011), 'The trouble with being sincere', The Canadian Journal of Philosophy Vol: 41(2): pp. 215-234.
- Shea, N., Pen, I. and Uller, T. (2011), 'Three epigenetic information channels and their different roles in evolution', Journal of Evolutionary Biology Vol: 24: pp. 1178-1187.
- Shea, N. (2011), 'Developmental Systems Theory Formulated as a Claim About Inherited Information', Philosophy of Science Vol: 78(1): pp. 60-82.
- Savulescu, J. and Finn, A. (2011), "Is Immunisation Child Protection?" The Lancet Series Vol: early online 9 June.
- Levy, N. (2011), 'Searle's Wager', AI and Society, Vol: online advance
- Kahane, G. (2011), 'Evolutionary Debunking Arguments', Noûs, Vol 45(1) pp. 103–125
- Levy, N. (2011), 'Neuroethics: A new way of doing ethics', AJOB Neuroscience, Vol: 2(2) pp. 3-9
- Levy, N. (2011), 'Response to Open Peer Commentaries: Neuroethics: A new way of doing ethics', AJOB Neuroscience, Vol: 2(2) pp. W1-W4
- Kahane, G., Wiech, K., Shackel, N., Farias, M., Savulescu, J. and Tracey, I. (2011), 'The Neural Basis of Intuitive and Counterintuitive Moral Judgement', Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, Vol: online advanced access
2010
- Wilkinson, D. and Savulescu, J. (2010), 'Should We Allow Organ Donation Euthanasia? Alternatives for Maximizing the Number and Quality of Organs for Transplantation', Bioethics Vol: 26(1).
- Kahane, G. and Shackel, N. (2010), 'Methodological Issues in the Neuroscience of Moral Judgment', Mind and Language Vol: 25(5): pp. 561-582.
- Douglas, T. and Savulescu, J. (2010), 'Synthetic biology and the ethics of knowledge', Journal of Medical Ethics, Vol: 36(11) pp. 687-693
- Douglas, T., Powell, R., Devolder, K. and Rippon, S. (2010), 'Resisting Sparrow's Sexy Reductio: Selection Principles and the Social Good ', American Journal of Bioethics: Neuroscience, Vol: 10(7) pp. 16-18
- Douglas, T. (2010), 'Should Institutions Prioritize Rectification over Aid?' Philosophical Quarterly, Vol: 60(241) pp. 698-717
- Douglas, T. (2010). 'Intertemporal Disagreement and Empirical Slippery Slope Arguments' Utilitas 22(2): 184-197.
- Erler, A. (2010), ‘Does memory modification threaten our authenticity?’, Neuroethics, online first
- Savulescu, J. and Kahane, G. (2010), ‘The value of sex in procreative reasons’, American Journal of Bioethics, Vol: 10(7) pp. 22-24
- Shea, N. and Bayne, T. (2010), 'The Vegetative State and the Science of Consciousness', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Vol: Online Advance Access
2009
- Kahane, G. and Savulescu, J. (2009), 'Brain-damaged patients and the moral significance of consciousness', The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, Vol: 33(1) pp. 1-21
- Kahane, G., Skene, L., Wilkinson, D. and Savulescu, J. (2009) 'Neuroimaging and the Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment from Patients in the Vegetative State', Medical Law Review, Vol: 17(2)
- Shea, N. (2009), 'Imitation as an inheritance system', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Vol: 364(1528) pp. 2429-2443
- Shea, N. and Heyes, C. (2009), 'Metamemory as evidence of animal consciousness: the type that does the trick', Biology & Philosophy, Vol: online 0169-3867 (Print) 1572-8404 (Online)
- Douglas, T. (2009). 'Medical Injury Compensation: Beyond “No-Fault”' Medical Law Review 17(1): 30-51
- Wilkinson, D., Kahane, G., Horne, M. and Savulescu, J. (2009), 'Functional neuroimaging and withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from vegetative patients', Journal of Medical Ethics, Vol: 35 pp. 508-511
2008
- Levy, N. (2008), 'Introducing Neuroethics', Neuroethics Vol: 1(1): pp. 1-8.
- 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
- Douglas, T. (2008). 'Moral Enhancement' Journal of Applied Philosophy 25(3): 228-245.
2007
- Douglas, T. (2007). 'Ethics Committees and the Legality of Research' Journal of Medical Ethics 33(12): 732-736.
2006
- Savulescu, J. (2006), 'Conscientious Objection in Medicine', British Medical Journal, Vol: 332 pp. 294-297
- Sheehan, M. and Gillies, J. (2006), 'When should patients be held responsible for their lifestyle choices?' British Medical Journal, Vol: 332 pp. 279
2005
- Levy, N. (2005), 'The Good, the Bad and the Blameworthy', Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy, Vol: 1 pp. 1-16
- Savulescu, J., Thomson, J., Schofield, P., Mileshkin, L., Agalianos, E., Zalcberg, J. and Jefford, M. (2005), 'Medical Paternalism and Expensive Unsubsidised Drugs', British Medical Journal, Vol: 331 pp. 1075 - 1077
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