David B. Hershenov
PhD
Professor
Areas of Specialization
Metaphysics, Bioethics, Philosophy of Medicine
Education
PhD, California (Santa Barbara)
Current Research
The Metaphysical Foundations of Bioethics
Courses
- Bioethics
- Philosophy of Biology
Selected Publications (recent and forthcoming)
- “Thinking Animals or Thinking Brains?” Acta Analytica (Forthcoming 2021)
- “Protecting Persons from Animal Bites: The Ontological Significance of Persons” Philosophia (Forthcoming, 2020).
- “A Naturalist Response to Kingma’s Critique of Naturalism” Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics (Forthcoming, 2020).
- “How Not to Defend the Unborn” with Phil Reed, Journal of Medicine and Philosophy (Forthcoming, 2020)
- “Conscientious Objection or an Internal Morality of Medicine?” Christian Bioethics (Forthcoming, 2020)
- “What Must Pro-Lifers Believe about the Moral Status of the Embryo” Pacific Philosophical Quarterly (Forthcoming, 2020)