John Harris (bioethicist)
British bioethicist and philosopher
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John Morley Harris, FMedSci, FRSA, FRSB (born 21 August 1945) is a British bioethicist and philosopher.[3] He is professor emeritus at the University of Manchester[4] and founded the Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation.[5][6]
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Balliol College, Oxford (DPhil, 1976)
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| Born | 21 August 1945[1] |
| Education | University of Kent (BA, 1966) Balliol College, Oxford (DPhil, 1976) |
| Known for | Survival lottery |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Philosophy Ethics Bioethics[2] |
| Institutions | University of Manchester City of Birmingham Polytechnic Brunel University |
| Thesis | Violence and negative actions (1976) |
| Website | www |
Education
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.[7]
Career
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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.[8] Throughout his career, he has defended broadly libertarian-consequentialist approaches to issues in bioethics.[9][10][11][12][13]
Awards
- Fellow of the United Kingdom Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) in 2001,[14] the first philosopher to have been elected to Fellowship of the then new National Academy
- Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts in 2006
- Member of the Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences, 1994
- Medal of the University of Helsinki, 1995
- Honorary Member of The International Forum for Biophilosophy, 2001
- Fellow of The Hastings Centre, 2004
- D.Litt. (honoris causa), University of Kent, 2010[15]
