Research Interests – Education – Experience – Publications
Personal info
| Position | Permanent Research Fellow |
| antonio.casado AT ehu DOT es | |
| Website | Personal IAS blog |
| Phone | + 34 943 015465 |
| Address | EHU/UPV, Department of Philosophy of Values and Social Anthropology , Avenida de Tolosa 70, 20018 Donostia – San Sebastián |
Summary
Research interests
- Autonomy in bioethics and biomedical research
- Applied ethics in general, and language ethics in particular
- Philosophy of medicine, concepts of health and disease
- Bioethics in film and literature
- Life and works of Henry D. Thoreau (1817-1862)
Education
After finishing an MA degree in Philosophy at UCC (Cork, National University of Ireland), I completed a PhD in Philosophy at the University of the Basque Country. My dissertation was about Thoreau’s views on civil disobedience in the light of contemporary political philosophy.
Experience
After a post-doctoral stage in the University of Iceland, I began teaching courses on Bioethics and Political Philosophy, both at the undergraduate and postgraduate level, while developing some research. In order to improve my training, I have stayed as visiting scholar in research centers such as Egenis (University of Exeter) and the Center for Philosophy and History of Science (Boston University). At the present moment I am Secretary of the Hospital Donostia Ethics Committee, and member of the Basque Society for Palliative Care.
Current teaching
- Contemporary Ethical Issues (at the Reseach Master in Philosophy, Science and Values offered by the UPV/EHU and the UNAM)
- Language and Culture (at the Reseach Master in Philosophy, Science and Values offered by the UPV/EHU and the UNAM)
- Ethics in Health Care Organizations (at the Ethics Committees Master offered by the UNED)
- Transdisciplinary Approaches to the Creative Process (at the Research and Creation in the Arts Master offered by the UPV/EHU)