S. Matthew Liao is currently an Associate Director and Clinical Associate Professor in the Center for Bioethics at New York University. From 2006 to 2009, he was the Deputy Director and James Martin Senior Research Fellow in the Program on the Ethics of the New Biosciences in the Faculty of Philosophy at Oxford University. He was the Harold T. Shapiro Research Fellow in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University in 2003–2004, and a Greenwall Research Fellow at Johns Hopkins University and a Visiting Researcher at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University from 2004–2006. In May 2007, he founded Ethics Etc, a group blog for discussing contemporary philosophical issues in ethics and related areas. He is interested in a wide range of issues including ethics, epistemology, metaphysics, moral psychology, and bioethics. Some of his writings include:
Edited Volumes
2008. “The Ethics of Enhancement,” Journal of Applied Philosophy, 25 (3), co-edited with Julian Savulescu and David Wasserman
2009. “Disclosing Clinical Trial Results: Publicity, Significance and Independence,” American Journal of Bioethics, 9 (8): W3–W5, with Mark Sheehan and Steve Clarke
2009. “The Duty to Disclose Adverse Clinical Trial Results,” American Journal of Bioethics, 9 (8): 24-32, with Mark Sheehan and Steve Clarke (Target Article)
2009. “Is There a Duty to Share Genetic Information?,” Journal of Medical Ethics 35 (5): 306-309
2008. “Issues in the Pharmacological Induction of Emotions,” Journal of Applied Philosophy, 25 (3): 178-92, with David Wasserman
2008. “The Ethics of Enhancement,” Journal of Applied Philosophy, 25 (3): 159-161, with Julian Savulescu and David Wasserman
2007. “Ethical and Policy Issues Related to Progenitor Cell-based Strategies for Prevention of Atherosclerosis,” Journal of Medical Ethics, 33: 643-46, with Pascal J. Goldschmidt and Jeremy Sugarman
2007. “Time-Relative Interests and Abortion,” Journal of Moral Philosophy, 4 (2): 242-56
2007. “Neuroethical Concerns about Moderating Traumatic Memory,” American Journal of Bioethics, 7 (9): 38-40, with David Wasserman
2007. “The Ashley Treatment: Best Interests, Convenience, and Parental Decision-making,” The Hastings Center Report, 37 (2): 16-20, with Julian Savulescu and Mark Sheehan
2006. “The Idea of a Duty to Love,” Journal of Value Inquiry, 40 (1): 1-22
2006. “The Organism View Defended,” The Monist, 89 (3): 334-350
2006. “The Embryo Rescue Case,” Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, 27: 141-147
2005. “Rescuing Embryonic Stem Cell Research: The Blastocyst Transfer Method,” American Journal of Bioethics, 5 (6): 8-16 (Target Article)
2005. “Response to Commentators on “Rescuing Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: The Blastocyst Transfer Method”,” American Journal of Bioethics, 5 (6): W10-13 (Response to nine commentators)
2005. “The Ethics of Using Genetic Engineering for Sex Selection,” Journal of Medical Ethics 31: 116-118 (JME’s “Top Ten Articles of 2005 and 2006”)
2005. “Are ‘Ex Ante’ Enhancements Always Permissible?” American Journal of Bioethics, 5 (3): 23-25 (A commentary on Frances Kamm’s “Is There a Problem with Enhancement?” in the same volume)
Book Chapters
2010. "Bias and Reasoning: Haidt’s Theory of Moral Judgment,” In New Waves in Ethics, edited by Thom Brooks. Palgrave, forthcoming
2010. "After Prozac." In Enhancing Human Capacities, edited by J. Savulescu, R. ter Muelen, and G. Kahane, Blackwell, forthcoming, with Rebecca Roache
2010. "The Right of Children to Be Loved." In What Is Right for Children: The Competing Paradigms of Religion and Human Rights, edited by M. Fineman and K. Worthington. Ashgate, forthcoming
Encyclopedia Entries and Book Reviews
2010. "Contractualism." In Encyclopedia of Political Theory, edited by Mark Bevir. Sage, with Jussi Suikkanen, forthcoming
2010. "Psychopharmacology." In International Encyclopedia of Ethics, edited by Hugh LaFollette. Blackwell, commissioned
