Michael Fuchs (philosopher)

Michael Fuchs (* 1962 in Duisburg ) is a German philosopher .

Life

After graduating from high school in 1982 at the Max-Ernst-Gymnasium Brühl , he studied philosophy, Catholic theology , German and educational sciences in Bonn , Toulouse and Cologne from 1982 to 1990 . From 1988 to 1993 he was a tutor, research assistant and employee at the Philosophical Department of the University of Bonn . In 1994 he became a managing research assistant at the Institute for Science and Ethics at the University of Bonn. From 1997 to 2015 he was managing director of the Institute for Science and Ethics. From 2000 to 2012 he represented the IWE on the Board of Directors of the European Association of Centers of Medical Ethics (EACME). From 2000 to 2013 he was project leader of various studies in the field of bioethics and research ethics for the DFG , BMBF and the EU Commission . In 2001 he was an expert for the German Bundestag on the subject of moral dissent in bioethics . After completing his habilitation in 2013 for philosophy at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Bonn, he has been a cooperating expert for the Council of Europe on ethical issues in emerging technologies since 2013 . Since October 2015 he has been teaching as a university professor for practical philosophy / ethics at the KU Linz .

His main research interests are general ethics, scientific ethics, bio- and medical ethics, philosophy of science, ontology, philosophy of language and philosophy of the Latin Middle Ages.

Fonts (selection)

• Signs and knowledge. Studies on the relationship between the theory of signs and the theory of knowledge and science in the thirteenth century (= contributions to the history of philosophy and theology of the Middle Ages. New series. Volume 51). Aschendorff, Münster 1999, ISBN 3-402-04002-6 (also dissertation, Bonn 1997).
• with Dirk Lanzerath , Ingo Hillebrand, Thomas Runkel, Magdalena Balcerak and B. Schmitz: Enhancement. The ethical discussion about biomedical improvements in humans (= DRZE assessment report. Number 1). DRZE, Bonn 2002, ISBN 3-00-010038-5 .
• National Ethics Councils. A comparison of backgrounds, functions and working methods . National Ethics Council, Berlin 2005, OCLC 718323892 .
• National ethics councils. Their backgrounds, functions and modes of operation compared . National Ethics Council, Berlin 2005, OCLC 718640088 .
• Contention and Compromise. Ways of dealing with moral dissent in bioethical advisory bodies and forums for the formation of judgments (= research contributions of the Institute for Science and Ethics. Volume A4). IWE, Bonn 2006, ISBN 3-936020-03-5 .
• with Thomas Heinemann , Bert Heinrichs , Dietmar Hübner , Jens Kipper, Kathrin Rottländer, Thomas Runkel, Tade Matthias Spranger , Verena Vermeulen and Moritz Völker-Albert: Research Ethics. An introduction . Verlag JB Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2010, ISBN 978-3-476-02249-3 .
• with Christopher Baum and Gunnar Duttge : Gene therapy. Medical-scientific, legal and ethical aspects (= ethics in the biosciences. Status reports of the DRZE. Number 15). Alber, Freiburg / Munich 2013, ISBN 3-495-48593-7 .
• with Lara Hönings: Euthanasia and self-determined dying - For discussion in Central and Western Europe, the USA, Canada and Australia (= A publication by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung eV ). Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Sankt Augustin / Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-95721-079-1 .
• Principles of Individuation. About the relational individuality of living beings . mentis, Münster 2015, ISBN 3-9574303-7-2 (also habilitation thesis, Bonn 2012).

Web links

• Catholic private university Linz