Ezio Di Nucci

University of Copenhagen

Professor of Bioethics

Nørregade 10

Copenhagen, København DK-1165

Denmark

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1.

The Doctrine of Double Effect and the Trolley Problem

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 20 Sep 2011
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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Doctrine of Double Effect, trolley problem, normative ethics

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Eight Arguments Against Double Effect

Proceedings of the XXIII. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Philosophie, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 03 Aug 2014
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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double effect; collateral damages; Doctrine of Double Effect; civilian deaths; intended harm

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Ethics of Medical AI: The Case of Watson for Oncology

Danish translation forthcoming in: 8 Cases i Medicinsk Etik
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 08 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2019
Ezio Di Nucci, Rasmus Thybo Jensen and Aaro Tupasela
University of Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen and University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law
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Medical AI; Watson for Oncology; Bioethics

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Self-Sacrifice and the Trolley Problem

Philosophical Psychology, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 02 Feb 2012
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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trolley problem, double effect, self-sacrifice

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Sexual Rights, Disability and Sex Robots

Forthcoming in: John Danaher & Neil McArthur (eds.), Sex Robots. MIT Press.
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 02 Aug 2016
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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sexual rights; disability; sex robots

6.

Fathers and Abortion

The Journal of Medicine & Philosophy (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 20 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2012
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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fathers' rights, abortion, applied ethics, bioethics, sexual ethics, reproductive ethics

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Who's Afraid of Robots? Fear of Automation and the Ideal of Direct Control

Forthcoming in: Battaglia F & Weidenfeld N (eds.), Roboethics in Film. RoboLaw Series. Pisa: Pisa University Press.
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 08 May 2014
Ezio Di Nucci and Filippo Santoni de Sio
University of Copenhagen and Delft University of Technology
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robots; roboethics; control; responsibility; drones; automation; automaticity

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Ethics Without Intention: An Essay on Double Effect

This Habilitationsschrift was submitted to the University of Duisburg-Essen on 23.9.2013
Number of pages: 380 Posted: 17 Dec 2015
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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double effect; intention; trolley problem

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Double Effect and Terror Bombing

GAP.8 Proceedings, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 13 Dec 2012
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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double effect, The Doctrine of Double Effect, terror bombing, strategic bombing, terror bomber, strategic bomber, intention, side-effects, means and ends, trolley problem

10.

Sexual Rights and Disability

Journal of Medical Ethics, Vol. 37, pp. 158-161, 2011
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 21 Sep 2011
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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sexual rights, disability, applied ethics, bioethics, medical ethics

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Priming Effects and Free Will

International Journal of Philosophical Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 20 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 10 Oct 2011
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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priming, free will, Buridan, automaticity, philosophical psychology, philosophy of action

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Killing Foetuses and Killing Newborns

Journal of Medical Ethics (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 31 May 2012 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2013
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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bioethics, abortion, infanticide, foetus, newborn

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Trolleys and Double Effect in Experimental Ethics

Lütge C, Rusch H & Uhl M (eds.), Experimental Ethics, Palgrave Macmillan, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 21 Dec 2013
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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trolley problem, double effect, Doctrine of Double Effect, killing

14.

Mindlessness

Mindlessness. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, May 2013 (xii+193, £44.99)
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 31 May 2013 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2013
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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mindlessness, automaticity, action, agency, philosophy, psychology

15.

Aristotle and Double Effect

Journal of Ancient Philosophy (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 14 Mar 2014
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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Aristotle, double effect, Doctrine of Double Effect, action, agency, mixed actions

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Action, Deviance, and Guidance

Abstracta, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 20 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 23 Nov 2013
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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action, deviance, guidance, causalism, intentional action, agency, philosophy of action

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Drones and the Threshold for Waging War

Politik (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 27 Oct 2016
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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drones; military drones; war; just war; military ethics; international relations

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Practical Reasoning

HANDBUCH ANGEWANDTE ETHIK, Ralf Stoecker, Christian Neuhäuser, Marie-Luise Raters, eds., Metzler
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 21 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 27 Sep 2011
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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practical reasoning, Aristotle, Hume, Kant, practical syllogism

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Droni Tra Progresso Ed Etica (Drones between Progress and Ethics)

AREL La Rivista, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 09 Jul 2014
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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droni; etica; progresso; drones; ethics; progress

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Automatic Actions: Challenging Causalism

Rationality Markets and Morals, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 20 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2011
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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automatic actions, automaticity, intentional action, Davidson, action, agency, philosophy of action

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Knowing Future Contingents

Logos & Episteme, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 20 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2012
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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future contingents, knowledge of the future, epistemology, metaphysics, relativism

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Embryo Loss and Double Effect

Journal of Medical Ethics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 27 Nov 2012
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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embryos, stem cell research, double effect

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Non Uccidere? La Violenza, Le Intenzioni E la Dottrina Del Doppio Effetto (Do Not Kill? Violence, Intentions, and the Doctrine of Double Effect)

AREL La Rivista (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 18 Mar 2015
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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Double Effect and Assisted Dying

British Medical Journal (letter, 07.02.2012)
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 09 Dec 2012
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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double effect, assisted dying, end-of-life, The Doctrine of Double Effect

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Mind Out of Action: The Intentionality of Automatic Actions

PhD Dissertation, University of Edinburgh, 2008
Number of pages: 253 Posted: 21 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 13 Oct 2011
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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automatic actions, intentional action, causalism, philosophy of action

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Habits, Priming, Aliefs and the Explanation of Mindless Action

Minds and Machines (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 30 Nov 2016
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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action; agency; automatic actions; mindlessness; mindless action; priming; aliefs; habits

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Withdrawing Artificial Nutrition and Patients' Interests

Journal of Medical Ethics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 01 Sep 2012
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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euthanasia, artificial nutrition, bioethics, higher and lower pleasures, John Stuart Mill

28.

Moral Status in Bioethics

The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Bioethics (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 01 Feb 2022
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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bioethics; moral status

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Analysing the Wrongness of Killing

Public Reason (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 15 Mar 2016
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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killing; wrongness of killing; future of value; ethics of killing; ethics

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Habits, Nudges, and Consent

The American Journal of Bioethics (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 27 Feb 2013
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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habits, nudges, consent, informed consent, mindlessness

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Darf man biologische Kinder bekommen? (Are We Allowed to Have Our Own Biological Children?)

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 15 Aug 2019
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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reproductive ethics; biological ties; racism; discrimination

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Contraception and Double Effect

American Journal of Bioethics (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 01 May 2014
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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contraception; double effect; Doctrine of Double Effect; Catholicism; bioethics

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Strategic Bombing, Causal Beliefs, and Double Effect

Journal of Value Inquiry, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 12 Jul 2015
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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double effect, terror bombing, strategic bombing, Doctrine of Double Effect

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Refuting a Frankfurtian Objection to Frankfurt-Type Counterexamples

Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 207-213, 2010
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 21 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 19 Feb 2012
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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free will, determinism, agency, guidance, Frankfurt

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Frankfurt Counterexample Defended

Analysis, Vol. 71, No. 1, pp. 102-104
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 21 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 27 Sep 2011
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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free will, determinism, compatibilism, Frankfurt, Principle of Alternate Possibilities

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Automaticity, Bias, and Intentional Action

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 01 Jun 2022
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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automaticity; bias; intentional action; automatic action; implicit bias

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IVF, Same-Sex Couples and the Value of Biological Ties

Journal of Medical Ethics (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 26 Aug 2016
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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IVF, same-sex couples, biological ties, reproductive technologies

38.

The Public Health Theory of Trump

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 09 Apr 2022
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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public health, trump, populism, intervention, smoking, working class, paternalism, targeting

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Frankfurt Counterexample and Alternate Possibilities

Number of pages: 2 Posted: 04 Mar 2012
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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free will, determinism, compatibilism, Principle of Alternate Possibilities, Frankfurt

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Addiction, Compulsion, and Agency

Neuroethics (forthcoming)
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 09 Apr 2013
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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addiction, compulsion, agency, causalism, action, irresistibility

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Consent Ain't Anything: Dissent, Access and the Conditions for Consent

Monash Bioethics Review (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 13 Jun 2016
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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consent; dissent; organ donation; access

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On How to Interpret the Role of the Future within the Abortion Debate

Journal of Medical Ethics, Vol. 35, pp. 651-652, 2009
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 21 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 19 Feb 2012
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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abortion, future of value, applied ethics, bioethics, Strong, Di Nucci

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Le Ragioni Degli Altri (Others' Reasons)

AREL La Rivista (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 27 Oct 2016
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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La Fecondazione Assistita Tra Eguaglianza E Patriarcato (English Title: IVF between Equality and Patriarchy)

I castelli di Yale (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 27 Oct 2016
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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Handlungstheorie (Action Theory)

In Christoph Demmerling & Pirmin Stekeler-Weithofer (eds.), Fachwörterbuch Sprachphilosophie (Wörterbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft, Bd. 15), de Gruyter (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 25 Sep 2012
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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action theory, handlungstheorie, philosophy of language

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McCann on the Simple View

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 04 Mar 2012
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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Simple View, Intention, Intentional Action, Action, Bratman, McCann, Di Nucci

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Frankfurt Versus Frankfurt: A New Anti-Causalist Dawn

Philosophical Explorations, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 117-131, 2011
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 21 Sep 2011
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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free will, determinism, compatibilism, Frankfurt, causalism

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Besser Ist Besser? Enhancement Der Moral Aus Einer Handlungstheoretischen Perspektive (Better is Better? Moral Enhancement from an Action-Theoretical Perspective)

erscheint in: van Riel R, Di Nucci E & Schildmann J (Hrsg.). Enhancement der Moral. Mentis. Forthcoming
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 26 Jan 2015
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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enhancement

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Abortion: Strong's Counterexamples Fail

Journal of Medical Ethics, Vol. 35, pp. 304-305, 2009
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 21 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 05 Mar 2012
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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abortion, future of value, applied ethics, bioethics

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Action (Handlung)

In Christoph Demmerling & Pirmin Stekeler-Weithofer (eds.), Fachwörterbuch Sprachphilosophie (Wörterbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft, Bd. 15), de Gruyter (Forthcoming).
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 25 Sep 2012
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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action, handlung, action theory, philosophy of language

51.

Simply, False

Analysis, Vol. 69, No. 1, pp. 69-78, January 2009
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 21 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 27 Sep 2011
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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intention, intentional action, Simple View, Bratman

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Broadening the Future of Value Account of the Wrongness of Killing

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 20 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2014
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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abortion, future of value, Marquis, applied ethics, bioethics

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I Love My Children: Am I Racist? On the Wish to Be Biologically Related to One's Children

Journal of Medical Ethics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 13 May 2018
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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children, ethics, racism, biological ties, reproductive ethics

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Handlungssatz (Action Sentence)

In Christoph Demmerling & Pirmin Stekeler-Weithofer (eds.), Fachwörterbuch Sprachphilosophie (Wörterbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft, Bd. 15), de Gruyter (Forthcoming).
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 26 May 2013
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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action, action sentence, Handlungssatz, action theory, agency

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Too Much Control: From War to Health (and Sex?)

Handbook on Meaningful Human Control (Edward Elgar)
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 30 Jun 2022
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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control; responsibility; artificial intelligence; meaningful human control; autonomous weapons; medical AI; control paradox

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Rational Constraints and the Simple View

Analysis, Vol. 70, No. 3, pp. 481-486, July 2010
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 21 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 27 Sep 2011
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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intentional action, Bratman, philosophy of action, rational constraints, intention

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Avoiding and Alternate Possibilities

Ethical Theory and Moral Practice (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 08 Mar 2014
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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free will; determinism; alternate possibilities; agency; avoiding; moral responsibility

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Reproduktionstechnologien Und Bionormative Familienkonzeptionen (Reproductive Technologies and Bionormative Family Conceptions)

Handbuch Philosophie der Kindheit (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 19 Sep 2018
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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Mindlessness Bibliography

Di Nucci E. 2013. Mindlessness. Cambridge Scholars.
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 07 Dec 2013
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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mindlessness, action, mind

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AI-Supported Clinical Decision-Making

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 02 Jul 2024
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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AI, clinical decision-making, decision-support

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Un Dialogo (Socratico) Sul Progesso, Le Donne E Il Socialismo (A (Socratic) Dialogue on Progress, Women and Socialism)

AREL La Rivista (with Axel Honneth) Forthcoming
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 18 Mar 2015
Ezio Di Nucci
University of Copenhagen
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progress; Honneth; Di Nucci; socialism;