Peter Dabrock

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Peter Dabrock (2016)

Peter Dabrock (* 1964 in Epe ) is a German Protestant theologian and professor of systematic theology with a focus on ethics at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg . In 2012 Dabrock was appointed to the German Ethics Council and in 2016 was elected chairman of the German Ethics Council.

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After studying Protestant and Catholic theology, philosophy and sociology in Würzburg , Bonn and Bochum , Dabrock worked from 1995 to 2002 as a research assistant at the Chair for Systematic Theology (Ethics) at the Evangelical Theological Faculty of the Ruhr University Bochum. Here he did his doctorate with Christofer Frey . From 2002 to 2008 he was junior professor for social ethics / bioethics in the Protestant theology department at the Philipps University of Marburg . During this time he was also a fellow at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF) at Bielefeld University in the “Public Health Genetics” task force and at the Center for Social Policy at the University of Bremen . From 2008 to 2010 he was Professor of Social Ethics in the Protestant Theology Department at Philipps University in Marburg.

Since the 2010/11 winter semester, Dabrock has been a full professor at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg , where he heads the Chair for Systematic Theology II (Ethics) in the Theology Department. His main focus is on bio- and medical ethics as well as questions of justice theory.

In April 2020, Dabrock criticized the Leopoldina's recommendation to keep daycare centers closed until summer due to the corona epidemic .

He is married to Stefanie Schardien .

Memberships

Dabrock is chairman of the German Ethics Council and, among other things, a member of the DFG Senate Commission for Animal Experimental Research and the EKD Chamber for Public Responsibility. From 2004 to 2013 he was a board member of the Central Ethics Commission at the German Medical Association and from 2011 to 2016 he was a member of the "European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies". In addition, he was a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Austrian Genome Research Program GEN-AU, the Scientific Advisory Board of the Central Research Infrastructure for Molecular Pathology (CRIP) in Potsdam, the panel of experts from PRivacy and Emerging SCIENces and Technologies (PRESCIENT) and Associated Partner in "Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure (BBMRI)". Dabrock is also a member of numerous specialist societies, including the Societas Ethica and the Academy for Ethics in Medicine. In 2017 he was elected to the German Academy of Science and Engineering .

Publications (selection)

Monographs
  • Responding Faith and Reason. On the approach of Protestant fundamental theology (Forum Ökumene. Studies on Dogmatics, Ecumenism and Ethics, Volume 5) . Stuttgart, Berlin, Cologne 2000 (= dissertation Bochum).
  • Together with L. Klinnert and S. Schardien : Human dignity and protection of life. Challenges of theological bioethics . Gütersloh 2004.
  • Together with A. Hilbert and W. Rief (eds.): Weighty genes. Obesity between predisposition and personal responsibility . Bern 2008.
  • Together with W. Nethöfel and S. Keil (eds.): Ethics of responsibility as theology of the real . Göttingen 2009.
  • Together with M. Bölker, M. Braun and J. Ried (eds.): What is life in the age of its technical feasibility? Contributions to an ethics of synthetic biology . Freiburg 2011.
  • Together with J. Taupitz and J. Ried (eds.): Trust in Biobanking. Dealing with Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in an Emerging Field of Biotechnology . Berlin and Heidelberg 2012.
  • Empowerment. A basic concept of concrete ethics from a fundamental theological perspective . With the collaboration of R. Denkhaus. Gütersloh 2012.
  • Together with Renate Augstein, Cornelia Helfferich, Stefanie Schardien and Uwe Sielert (ed.): Outrageous - beautiful. Sexual ethics: Protestant and close to life. Gütersloher Verlag-Haus, Gütersloh 2015, ISBN 978-3-579-08222-6 .
Essays
  • Living will and dementia. Theological-ethical reflections between images of man and the shaping of law. In: Church Office of the Evangelical Church in Germany (ed.): Living with dementia. Contributions from a medical-nursing, theological and practical point of view. (EKD texts 98), Hanover 2008, pp. 81–98.
  • Playing God? Synthetic biology as a theological and ethical challenge. In: Systems and Synthetic Biology. Volume 3, 2009, pp. 47-54.
  • Take responsibility for reality. The responsive approach to theological ethics in Dietrich Bonhoeffer. In: W. Nethöfel, P. Dabrock and S. Keil (eds.): Ethics of responsibility as theology of the real. Göttingen 2009, pp. 117–158.
  • Dead or alive. Trust in organ removal can only be gained through an open debate about the criterion of brain death. In: Zeitzeichen 12 (12/2011), pp. 14–15.
  • (together with R. Denkhaus) gray areas between life and death. A plea for more honesty in the debate on the criterion of brain death, 2012.
  • Socio-ethical aspects of the current debate about the religiously motivated circumcision of boys unable to consent, 2012.
  • On the use of the Bible in theological ethics. Discussions on the Current Debate on Homosexuality, 2012.
  • "... unambiguity or even unanimity only in a few questions". On the genealogy of more recent bioethical statements of the EKD, 2012.
  • (together with M. Braun, J. Ried, U. Sonnewald) A primer to 'bio-objects'. New challenges at the interface of science, technology and society, 2013.
  • "Yes, dear fellow, it is known whether you are talking" (WA 16,388). The Old Testament as a Challenge to Theological Ethics, 2013.
  • Do we need a new institutional ethics ?, 2014.
  • (together with J. Ried, M. Braun) Hybridization dynamics in understanding and dealing with 'life'. Bio-objects and their challenges for the relationship between cultural orientation patterns and emerging biotechnologies, 2014.
  • Public and religion. Updates to the common good tradition from a socio-ethical perspective, 2014.
  • (together with R. Anselm) The family way of life as a “model” for marriage and partnership, 2014.
  • Secret, freedom, forgiveness. Why Big Data Is Reminiscent of the Doctrine of Providence, 2014.
  • (together with H. Schickl, M. Braun, J. Ried) Abweg Totipotenz. Legal ethical and legal political challenges in dealing with induced pluripotent stem cells, 2014
  • Human Bioethics, 2015.
  • Self-determination alternatives between ethical evaluation and legal standardization. A contribution (not only) to the euthanasia discussion, 2015.
  • (together with M. Braun, J. Ried) The power of normalization. An evangelical-theological contribution to the regulation of medical suicide assistance, 2015.
  • (together with M. Braun, J. Ried), Synthetic Biology and Its Envisioned Significance for Modern Medicine, 2015.
  • (together with M. Braun) I bet you won't. The Science-Society Wager on Gene Editing Techniques, in: EMBO Reports 2016.
  • Social consequences of biomarker-based and big data-driven medicine, 2016.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Social ethicist criticizes long daycare closings "Children need other children" Peter Dabrock in conversation with Anke Schaefer DLF 14 April 2020
  2. ↑ http://www.nordbayern.de/region/fuerth/further-promis-verraten-wann-es-richtig-weihnachten-wird-1.7029916
personal data
SURNAME Dabrock, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Epe