BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//TYPO3/NONSGML Calendarize//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendarize-masterlab-forschende-aus-dem-institut-alexander-christian- talk-justification-deliberation-and-implementation-of-limits-to-biomedical -research DTSTAMP:20251015T140135Z DTSTART:20260128T133000Z DTEND:20260128T150000Z SUMMARY:MasterLab Forschende aus dem Institut: Alexander Christian Talk - "Justification\, deliberation\, and implementation of limits to biomedical research" DESCRIPTION:Freedom of science is held as a high value in many societies a nd constitutional frameworks\, with its philosophical justifications havin g a long tradition (Wilholt\, 2010\, 2012\, chap. 1). Yet\, setting up lim its to controversial research — particularly in biomedicine — is a sur prisingly underexplored topic in research and bioethics (an exception is R esnik\, 2009\, chap. 1). Given the rapid pace of technological advancement and its potentially profound societal impacts\, this gap is becoming incr easingly critical. My project addresses the philosophical and practical ch allenges involved in limiting biomedical research. Specifically\, it is co ncerned with: (a) the ethical justification of research limits\, such as r esearch moratoria\; (b) the procedures of deliberation that lead to decisi ons about such boundaries\; and (c) the implementation of these limits via diverse policy tools. This talk will explain the motivation behind the pr oject (cf. Christian\, 2022)\, indicate some philosophical and technical i ssues of relevant limitation mechanisms\, and illustrate the complex philo sophical challenges using the debate about a clinical moratorium regarding CRISPR/Cas-based human germline editing (e.g. Lander et al.\, 2019). The overall goal of the project is to develop a bioconservative framework for the responsible governance of controversial biomedical research.   \nSpe aker \nDr. Alexander Christian is a lecturer at the Department of Philoso phy at the HHU\, where he is responsible for a cross-faculty program on re search ethics and bioethics. His research is about good scientific practic e\, science denialism\, and ethical limits to controversial biomedical res earch.   \nPreparatory Reading\nWilholt\, T. (2010). Scientific freedom: its grounds and their limitations. Studies in History and Philosophy of S cience Part A\, 41(2)\, 174–181. https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.shpsa.2010.0 3.003 \nBackground Reading\nChristian\, A. (2022). Addressing Conflicts o f Interest and Conflicts of Commitment in Public Advocacy and Policy Makin g on CRISPR/Cas-Based Human Genome Editing. Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics\, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/ frma.2022.775336 \nLander\, E . S.\, Baylis\, F.\, Zhang\, F.\, Charpentier\, E.\, Berg\, P.\, Bourgain\ , C.\, Friedrich\, B.\, Joung\, J. K.\, Li\, J.\, Liu\, D.\, Naldini\, L.\ , Nie\, J.-B.\, Qiu\, R.\, Schoene-Seifert\, B.\, Shao\, F.\, Terry\, S.\, Wei\, W.\, & Winnacker\, E.-L. (2019). Adopt a moratorium on heritable ge nome editing. Nature\, 567(7747)\, 165–168. https://doi.org/10.1038/ d41 586-019-00726-5 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Freedom of science is held as a high value in many societies and constitutional frameworks\, with its philosophical justifications having a long tradition (Wilholt\, 2010\, 2012\, chap. 1). Yet\, setting up limits to controversial research — particularly in biom edicine — is a surprisingly underexplored topic in research and bioethic s (an exception is Resnik\, 2009\, chap. 1). Given the rapid pace of techn ological advancement and its potentially profound societal impacts\, this gap is becoming increasingly critical. My project addresses the philosophi cal and practical challenges involved in limiting biomedical research. Spe cifically\, it is concerned with: (a) the ethical justification of researc h limits\, such as research moratoria\; (b) the procedures of deliberation that lead to decisions about such boundaries\; and (c) the implementation of these limits via diverse policy tools. This talk will explain the moti vation behind the project (cf. Christian\, 2022)\, indicate some philosoph ical and technical issues of relevant limitation mechanisms\, and illustra te the complex philosophical challenges using the debate about a clinical moratorium regarding CRISPR/Cas-based human germline editing (e.g. Lander et al.\, 2019). The overall goal of the project is to develop a bioconserv ative framework for the responsible governance of controversial biomedical research.  \; \;

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Dr. Alexander Christian is a lecturer at the Department of Philosophy at t he HHU\, where he is responsible for a cross-faculty program on research e thics and bioethics. His research is about good scientific practice\, scie nce denialism\, and ethical limits to controversial biomedical research. & nbsp\; \;

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Preparatory Reading

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Wilholt \, T. (2010). Scientific freedom: its grounds and their limitations. Studi es in History and Philosophy of Science Part A\, 41(2)\, 174–181. https: //doi.org/10.1016/ j.shpsa.2010.03.003 \;

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Background R eading

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Christian\, A. (2022). Addressing Conflicts of Int erest and Conflicts of Commitment in Public Advocacy and Policy Making on CRISPR/Cas-Based Human Genome Editing. Frontiers in Research Metrics and A nalytics\, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/ frma.2022.775336 \;

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Lan der\, E. S.\, Baylis\, F.\, Zhang\, F.\, Charpentier\, E.\, Berg\, P.\, Bo urgain\, C.\, Friedrich\, B.\, Joung\, J. K.\, Li\, J.\, Liu\, D.\, Naldin i\, L.\, Nie\, J.-B.\, Qiu\, R.\, Schoene-Seifert\, B.\, Shao\, F.\, Terry \, S.\, Wei\, W.\, &\; Winnacker\, E.-L. (2019). Adopt a moratorium on heritable genome editing. Nature\, 567(7747)\, 165–168. https://doi.org/ 10.1038/ d41586-019-00726-5

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