Nancy S. Jecker, Ph.D.

Can people extend their lives by transferring their information to a large language model that acts as their digital twin? Does that achieve the goals of life extension? For an answer, see our paper tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

What's the role of religion in bioethics? See our just published paper (the title has a spoiler) @IABioethics @apaphilosophy @uwmnewsroom @UWMedicine @UWbioethics @UWPhilosophy @unesco #GlobalHealth @AmerSocBioHum link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Can a digital twin extend your life? Can it achieve many aims of lifespan extension? Read our new paper on this provocative topic! @uwmnewsroom @apaphilosophy @AmerSocBioHum @IABioethics @UWPhilosophy @UWMedicine @UWbioethics @AIEthicsWatch @uw_ischool tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

@G_Owen_Schaefer Thanks for your thoughtful comments! You're correct this is part of an ongoing project. Our book, What is a Person? Untapped Insights from Africa will be out in Nov global.oup.com/academic/produ…

But I take it this is an entry in an ongoing project by Jecker and Atuire, and expect we'll be seeing further developments of Emergent Personhood in the future that may be able to mitigate some of this. Looking forward!

Absolutely fascinating paper by @profjecker and @atuire. Great summary of contrasting Western vs African concepts of personhood, then proposes 'emergent personhood' as a way forward. Very much recommended. Some thoughts below...

What makes someone a person with moral dignity and worth? See my new paper w/ @atuire that explores this from African and Western standpoint and proposes a new view EMERGENT PERSONHOOD @WHO #iab @uwmnewsroom @UW @apaphilosophy @AmerSocBioHum onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/de…

A wonderful piece by colleague Harald Schmidt on "Equity in global bioethics scholarship and practice: walking the talk, together" jme.bmj.com/content/50/9/5…

Bioethics must address war as a public health crisis. See my essay for The Hastings Center Bioethics Forum on how the tools and methods of bioethics can help (with Caesar Atuire, Vardit Ravitsky, Kevin Behrens, and Mohammed Ghaly) thehastingscenter.org/bioethics-must…

War is a public heath crisis —how can bioethics help to address it?! see my just published AJOB paper with @VarditRavitsky , @atuire , Behrens, Ghaly @uwmnewsroom @UWMedicine @UWbioethics @UWPhilosophy @uwnews @AmerSocBioHum @apaphilosophy tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Can bioethics contribute to war? See our AJOB paper! @UWPhilosophy @UWbioethics @UWMedicine @AmerSocBioHum @apaphilosophy @UW @IABioethics @UNESCO @WHO @VarditRavitsky @atuire @IBioethics #Ethics #UkraineRussiaWar #MiddleEast @uwmnewsroom tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Welcome to our new President of the @IABioethics, Dr. @atuire! Thank you for taking on this tremendous responsibility at this challenging time. Thank you for your inspiring powerful Presidential Address at the 17th World Congress of Bioethics. Looking forward to your leadership !

@AnitaHoEthics @profjecker @atuire Alexander Capron on "A Historical Glimpse Back at the Early Days of the International Association of Bioethics" at #wcb2024

@AnitaHoEthics @profjecker Incoming president @atuire of the IAB giving his inaugural address at #wcb2024

Excited to be kicking off the 17th World Congress of Bioethics in Doha, Qatar with incoming IAB President, Caesar Atuire! @atuire @UWbioethics @UWMedicine @UWPhilosophy @apaphilosophy @AmerSocBioHum

Luminaries who project AI as catastrophic to humankind do a disservice to the public by distracting from societal problems that AI is causing today, says a new journal paper led by Nancy Jecker (@profjecker) @UWbioethics. Read>>tinyurl.com/2vnt5crc

Is AI a threat to humanity on a part with nuclear weaponry and climate change? See our just published paper! @uwmnewsroom @uw_ischool @apaphilosophy @AmerSocBioHum @UWMedicine @UWPhilosophy @UWbioethics jme.bmj.com/content/medeth…

See our just published editorial on the ethics of conferencing in Qatar @uwmnewsroom @apaphilosophy @UWPhilosophy @UWbioethics @IABioethics @AmerSocBioHum tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Can digital humans help lonely people? See our just published paper @uwmnewsroom @UWMedicine @apaphilosophy @AmerSocBioHum @UWPhilosophy onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ha…

Human trials have begun for Musk's brain chip, Neurosurgeon Andrew Ko and I unpack ethical issues @UWMedicine @uwmnewsroom @UWNeurosurgery #ethics theconversation.com/several-compan…

ust published open access!! Our piece on the ethics of international bioethics conferencing @uwmnewsroom @IABioethics @uwnews @VarditRavitsky @BelislePipon @atuire @IBioethics tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Handbook of African Philosophy (Springer 2023) is published! See my piece, "Ubuntu and Bioethics," and contributions on ethics, political philosophy, feminist philosophy, and nonhumans! @apaphilosophy @AmerSocBioHum @UW @UWPhilosophy @uwsomwwami #global #toc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">link.springer.com/referencework/…