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David DeGrazia (born July 20, 1962) is an American moral philosopher specializing in
bioethics Bioethics is both a field of study and professional practice, interested in ethical issues related to health (primarily focused on the human, but also increasingly includes animal ethics), including those emerging from advances in biology, me ...
and
animal ethics Animal ethics is a branch of ethics which examines human-animal relationships, the moral consideration of animals and how nonhuman animals ought to be treated. The subject matter includes animal rights, animal welfare, animal law, speciesism, ...
. He is Professor of Philosophy at
George Washington University , mottoeng = "God is Our Trust" , established = , type = Private federally chartered research university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $2.8 billion (2022) , presi ...
, where he has taught since 1989, and the author or editor of several books on ethics, including ''Taking Animals Seriously: Mental Life and Moral Status'' (1996), ''Human Identity and Bioethics'' (2005), and ''Creation Ethics: Reproduction, Genetics, and Quality of Life'' (2012).


Selected publications


Books

*''Creation Ethics: Reproduction, Genetics, and Quality of Life''. Oxford University Press, 2012. *''Human Identity and Bioethics''. Cambridge University Press, 2005. *''Animal Rights: A Very Short Introduction''. Oxford University Press, 2002. *with Thomas Mappes and Jeffrey Brand-Ballard (eds.). ''Biomedical Ethics''. McGraw-Hill, 2011. *''Taking Animals Seriously: Mental Life and Moral Status''. Cambridge University Press, 1996. *with Thomas Mappes and Jane Zembaty (eds.). ''Social Ethics: Morality and Social Policy''. McGraw-Hill, 2012. *with Lester Hunt. ''Debating Gun Control.'' Oxford University Press, 2016. *with Tom Beauchamp. ''Principles of Animal Research Ethics.'' Oxford University Press, 2020. *with Joseph Millum. ''A Theory of Bioethics.'' Cambridge University Press, 2021.


Articles

*DeGrazia, David
"Procreative Responsibility in View of What Parents Owe Their Children."
In Leslie Francis (ed.), ''The Oxford Handbook of Reproductive Ethics'' (New York: Oxford University Press, 2017). *DeGrazia, David, Michelle Groman, and Lisa Lee
"Defining the Boundaries of a Right to Adequate Protection: A New Lens on Pediatric Research Ethics."
''Journal of Medicine and Philosophy'' (2017) *DeGrazia, David
"The Case for Moderate Gun Control."
''Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal'' 24 (2014): 1-25. *DeGrazia, David
"What is Suffering and What Kinds of Beings Can Suffer?"
In Ronald Green and Nathan Palpant (eds.), ''Suffering in Bioethics'' (New York: Oxford University Press, 2014). *DeGrazia, David
"Moral Enhancement, Freedom, and What We (Should) Value in Moral Behavior."
Journal of Medical Ethics 39 (2013): 1-8. *DeGrazia, David
"Moral Vegetarianism from a Very Broad Basis."
''Journal of Moral Philosophy'' 6, no. 2 (2009): 143-165. *DeGrazia, David
"Self-Awareness in Animals."
In Robert Lurz (ed.), ''The Philosophy of Animal Minds'' (Cambridge University Press, 2009): 201-217. *DeGrazia, David
"Single Payer Meets Managed Competition: The Case for Public Funding and Private Delivery."
''Hastings Center Report'' 38, no. 1 (2008): 23-33. *DeGrazia, David
"The Harm of Death, Time-Relative Interests, and Abortion."
''Philosophical Forum'' 57 (2007): 57-80. *DeGrazia, David
"Moral Status, Human Identity, and Early Embryos: A Critique of the President's Approach."
''Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics'' 34 (Spring 2006): 49-57. *DeGrazia, David
"Prozac, Enhancement, and Self-Creation."
''Hastings Center Report'' 30, no. 2 (March–April 2000): 34-40. *DeGrazia, David
"Wittgenstein and the Mental Life of Animals"
''History of Philosophy Quarterly'' 11, no. 1 (January 1994): 121–137. *DeGrazia, David
"Moving Forward in Bioethical Theory: Theories, Cases, and Specified Principlism,"
''Journal of Medicine and Philosophy'' 17 (1992): 511-39. *DeGrazia, David, and Andrew Rowan
"Pain, Suffering, and Anxiety in Animals and Humans."
''Theoretical Medicine'' 12 (1991): 193-211.


See also

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Notes


Further reading

*Clark, Stephen
"Review: ''Taking Animals Seriously: Mental Life and Moral Status'' by David DeGrazia"
''The Philosophical Quarterly'' 49, no. 195 (April 1999): 246–247. *Schechtman, Marya
"Review: David DeGrazia, ''Human Identity and Bioethics''"
''Ethics'' 116, no. 2 (January 2006): 406–409. *Steinbock, Bonnie
"Review: ''Creation Ethics: Reproduction, Genetics, and Quality of Life'' by David DeGrazia.
Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, August 21, 2012. {{DEFAULTSORT:DeGrazia, David 1962 births Living people 20th-century American philosophers 21st-century American philosophers American animal rights scholars Animal ethicists Bioethicists George Washington University faculty Georgetown University alumni Moral philosophers Philosophers of death