New special issue out now! The Sept 2025 issue of Ethik in der Medizin @aem-online.bsky.social explores ethical challenges in genomic newborn screening, including the two articles we recently spotlighted. 🔗 link.springer.com/journal/481/... #Bioethics #Genomics #NewbornScreening

I am pleased I have been invited to speak at a workshop on the anthropological foundations of applied ethics at TU Darmstadt in early January. I will be speaking on "Virtue Ethics as Practical Anthropology". Looking forward to insightful discussions!

OUT NOW: Eva C. Winkler and I have co-edited a special issue of Ethik in der Medizin with ten amazing papers on the ethics of genomic newborn screening. It is now finally published! link.springer.com/journal/481/... @aem-online.bsky.social @ethicswinkler.bsky.social

I‘m traveling to Passau today to attend the 12th Conference in Practical Philosophy. Tomorrow, Philipp Richter and I will speak on „Learning Virtue with Julia Annas: Implications for Teaching Ethics in Schools“. Of course, we have a 100 min train delay.

I’m traveling to Düsseldorf today to attend the 12th congress of the German Society for Analytic Philosophy (GAP.12). On Thursday I will speak on “What is a Second Nature and How Do We Acquire It?” Looking forward to it!

NEW PUBLICATION: Part II of the paper I first-authored with the NEW_LIVES group is now out as well. In it, we outline a normative framework for genomic newborn screening and indicate some of its implications for gNBS program design. doi.org/10.1007/s004... @ethicswinkler.bsky.social

A further paper in our special issue on the ethics of genomic newborn screening has just been published: M Jungkunz & C Schickhardt outline a child-focused normative framework for gNBS that draws on a review of established public health norms. doi.org/10.1007/s004... @ethicswinkler.bsky.social

New paper out! It will be part of our upcoming special issue on the ethics of genomic newborn screening. Looking forward to it! @ethicswinkler.bsky.social

Seems like the bots have discovered bluesky.

I'm pleased two papers I first-authored with the NEW_LIVES group have been accepted for publication in Ethik in der Medizin: "Towards Genomic Newborn Screening, Part I: Mapping the Ethical Issues" and "Part II: Outlining a Normative Framework". They will open our special issue on the ethics of gNBS.

Pleased another paper in our special issue is out: L:E Kramheller & C Rehmann-Sutter consider how population-wide gNBS might impact hermeneutic processes & societal practices by which parents understand their children's corporeality and development: doi.org/10.1007/s004... @aem-online.bsky.social

Another important paper in our Ethik in der Medizin special issue on the ethics of genomic newborn screening has been published! Lainie Friedman Ross argues the case against universal genomic sequencing of healthy newborns: doi.org/10.1007/s004... @ethicswinkler.bsky.social @aem-online.bsky.social

CV update: philpeople.org/public_cache...

📖👇 "Empfehlungen zu ethischen, rechtlichen, sozialen und medizinischen Rahmenbedingungen für ein genomisches Neugeborenenscreening-Programm in Deutschland" doi.org/10.11588/fmk...

Right now @MarsiliusKolleg in Heidelberg the NEW_LIVES project group is presenting the results of their project "Genomic NEWborn screening programs – Legal Implications, Value, Ethics and Society"👶🧬

I am traveling to Kiel today to attend a workshop on virtue and character education at Kiel University. Looking forward to shared projects!

This week is the final week of teaching for the summer term here in Halle. I taught two courses, one on phil of sex, the other comparing Hume & Mill on the foundations of morality. Next winter, I will be teaching two courses again, one an intro to phil of disability, the other on epistemic injustice

I'm pleased another paper in our special issue on genomic newborn screening has been published: I. Bartram discusses potential risks of gNBS data generation & storage related to genetic determinism, social stigmatization, discrimination & policing @ethicswinkler.bsky.social doi.org/10.1007/s004...

@ethicswinkler.bsky.social and I are editing a special issue on the ethics of genomic newborn screening. I'm pleased the first paper is now online: H. Straub & R. Müller-Terpitz consider the German legal context for further use of gNBS biosamples, e.g. in research. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I am pleased that Philipp Richter (Bochum) and I will be speaking on "Learning Virtue with Julia Annas: Implications for Teaching Ethics in Schools" at this year's XII. Conference in Practical Philosophy, 25/26 Sept 2025 at University of Passau.

I am pleased I have been accepted to speak on "What is a Second Nature and How Do We Acquire It?" at the 12th Congress of the German Society for Analytic Philosophy (GAP) in Düsseldorf in early September. www.gap12.de

Essential reading. thepointmag.com/examined-lif...

I am grateful I have been invited to speak on "Sex as Joint Action: Contrasts and Presuppositions" at an upcoming workshop on "Sexual Agency" at FU Berlin on 22/23 May, organized by Milena Bartholain and Manon Garcia. Looking forward to good discussions!

I am traveling to TU Braunschweig today to give a talk in the lecture series “Morphology: Interdisciplinary Perspectives”. I will speak on “Concept and Movement: Thoughts on the Morphology of Intentional Action”. Thank you to @karafyllis.bsky.social for the invitation! Really looking forward to it!

This week teaching resumes here in Halle for the summer term. I’m teaching two courses, one an introduction to philosophy of sex, the other on Hume and Mill on the foundations of morality. We’re comparing Hume’s Enquiry into the Principles of Morals with Mill’s Utilitarianism. Should be fun!

Tom Beauchamp, professor emeritus of philosophy at Georgetown University and a highly influential figure in biomedical ethics, has died.

New books 🤓🤓

The manuscript of Gadamer‘s Truth and Method, as seen today at the Heidelberg university archives on occasion of a Gadamer jubilee conference.

This week marks the final week of teaching for the winter term here in Halle, and I am glad to be back to conclude my seminars. I taught three courses: an intro to virtue ethics based on Julia Annas’ Intelligent Virtue; an overview of analytic action theory 1/

Some alternate history as light reading during the recovery phase.

Two years ago today I defended my dissertation. Today I was released from hospital after being implanted with a pacemaker, on top of the defibrillator I received three weeks ago. Still not sure how to process it all.

I am back in hospital. Apparently my heart stopped beating for 20 seconds on Sunday. Now I will probably get a pacemaker on top. It’s all a complete nightmare.

Last Friday I unexpectedly was diagnosed with Brugada Syndrome, a rare genetic heart rhythm disorder. Today I had my defibrillator surgery. Still quite unhappy that it was necessary but now it is done. Onward to recovery and living with

It seems I have been plagiarized of sorts. A Polish dissertation lifts two entire paragraphs verbatim from a published paper of mine without marking them as a direct quote. Although my paper is referenced in a footnote, a reader would not recognize these are not the author‘s own words but mine.

I am very pleased that I have been invited to give a guest lecture at TU Braunschweig next May in the lecture series "Morphology: Interdisciplinary Perspectives". I will be speaking on "Movement and Concept: Thoughts on the Morphology of Intentional Action". Looking forward to it!

Today the winter term begins in Halle. I am teaching three courses: an intro to virtue ethics based on Julia Annas' "Intelligent Virtue"; an overview of analytic phil of action focused on the ontology of practical reasons; and an intro to medical ethics co-taught with Prof Mario Brandhorst.

CUP informed me that they have a publishing agreement with @unihalle.bsky.social, so my paper „What is Sexual Intimacy?“ in THINK is now available open access! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#EthicsSectionWinkler @ #AEM2024 @aem-online.bsky.social Sascha Settegast: #Medicalization Risks in #Genomic #Newborn #Screening. 👶🧬 #Medizinethik #MedicalEthics #gNBS #AEM More information on NEW_LIVES: www.klinikum.uni-heidelberg.de/en/new-lives...

Having more or less recovered from a cold, I am traveling to Tübingen today to attend the Annual Meeting of the German Academy of Ethics in Medicine. I will be speaking Friday morning on „Medicalization Risks in Genomic Newborn Screening“. @aem-online.bsky.social

I very much regret that, due to ill health, I was forced to cancel my talk "What is a Second Nature and How Do We Acquire It?" at the German Congress of Philosophy in Münster later today.

As the floods are receding, I am traveling to Passau today to attend this year’s Conference of Practical Philosophy at Passau University. Friday morning I will speak on „Medicalization Risks in Genomic Newborn Screening“. #tfpp2024

A new publication by the NEW_LIVES group in which we present some suggestions for revising and systematizing the classic Wilson-Jungner criteria for selecting target diseases in newborn screening. www.mdpi.com/2409-515X/10...

Very pleased that my paper „Praktischer Hylemorphismus: Ansätze zu einer Theorie praktischen Wissens im Anschluss an McDowell“ (Practical Hylomorphism: Towards a McDowellian account of practical knowledge) is now out in a volume edited by J. Kertscher & P. Richter

I am pleased I will be giving a talk on "What is a Second Nature and How Do We Acquire It?" at this year's XXVI. German Congress of Philosophy, 22-26 September 2024, at University of Münster.

I‘m in Leipzig this week to attend the annual meeting of the Action Network. Looking forward to all the talks! www.sozphil.uni-leipzig.de/institut-fue...

Today begins the final week of teaching for the summer term here in Halle. This semester, my first in Halle, I taught two courses: one on the seven deadly sins and, for the first time, one on Plato's Republic, which I particularly enjoyed. Next semester, I will be teaching 1/

I'm pleased to announce that I will be giving a talk on "Medicalization Risks in Genomic Newborn Screening" at this year's 11th Conference in Practical Philosophy, 19-20 September 2024, at University of Passau.

Three year postdoc in practical philosophy at University of Halle! Apply and become my colleague! www.dgphil.de/jobs/details...

Call for Papers: Ethical Issues in Genomic Newborn Screening, special issue of "Ethik in der Medizin", flagship journal of @aem-online.bsky.social, guest edited by @ethicswinkler.bsky.social and myself. Please submit your abstracts until June 15! www.klinikum.uni-heidelberg.de/en/new-lives...