John Harris | |
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Born | [1] | 21 August 1945
Alma mater |
University of Kent (undergraduate) Balliol College, Oxford (postgraduate) |
Known for |
Philosophy Ethics Bioethics [2] |
Awards |
FMedSci FRSA |
Scientific career | |
Institutions |
University of Kent University of Oxford University of Manchester City of Birmingham Polytechnic Brunel University |
Thesis | Violence and negative actions (1976) |
Website |
www |
John Morley Harris, FMedSci, FRSA, FRSB (born 21 August 1945), is a British bioethicist and philosopher. [3] He is the Lord Alliance Professor of Bioethics and Director of the Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation at the University of Manchester. [4] [5]
Harris was educated at the University of Kent gaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1966 [1] and Balliol College, Oxford where he was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1976 from the Faculty of Literae Humaniores. [6]
Harris was one of the Founder Directors of the International Association of Bioethics and is a founder member of the Board of the journal Bioethics and a member of the editorial board of the Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. He is also the joint Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Medical Ethics. [7] Throughout his career, he has defended broadly libertarian- consequentialist approaches to issues in bioethics. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
John Harris | |
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Born | [1] | 21 August 1945
Alma mater |
University of Kent (undergraduate) Balliol College, Oxford (postgraduate) |
Known for |
Philosophy Ethics Bioethics [2] |
Awards |
FMedSci FRSA |
Scientific career | |
Institutions |
University of Kent University of Oxford University of Manchester City of Birmingham Polytechnic Brunel University |
Thesis | Violence and negative actions (1976) |
Website |
www |
John Morley Harris, FMedSci, FRSA, FRSB (born 21 August 1945), is a British bioethicist and philosopher. [3] He is the Lord Alliance Professor of Bioethics and Director of the Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation at the University of Manchester. [4] [5]
Harris was educated at the University of Kent gaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1966 [1] and Balliol College, Oxford where he was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1976 from the Faculty of Literae Humaniores. [6]
Harris was one of the Founder Directors of the International Association of Bioethics and is a founder member of the Board of the journal Bioethics and a member of the editorial board of the Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. He is also the joint Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Medical Ethics. [7] Throughout his career, he has defended broadly libertarian- consequentialist approaches to issues in bioethics. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]