Christian Munthe

Born in 1962, I received my ph.d. in practical philosophy at Stockholm University in 1993. The subject of my dissertation was the moral status of abortion - it is available for free download! Later, I have published books on the ethical aspects of Prenatal Diagnosis and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, and is currently completing a new book on the ethical basis of the precautionary principle. After three and a half years as Senior Researcher at the Centre for Research Ehics in Gothenburg (now defunct) and  nearly seven years as associate professor of practical philosophy at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Gothenburg and (from 2004) Professor of Practical Philosophy of that Department (including being department head 2006-2008) I now hold the same position at the newly formed Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science at the University of Gothenburg, being also Vice chair responsible for research. I was an appointed member of the Swedish National Council for Medical Ethics from 2000 to 2006, and am currently a member of the International Association of Bioethics, the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Göteborg, and The Hinxton Group - An International Consortium on Stem Cells, Ethics & Law. I have a broad interest in philosophy, especially ethics and political philosophy. My speciality (if I can be said to have any) is applied ethics. Besides my academic and family life, I also keep myself busy as a musician within the field of free improvised and experimental music.

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