Dr Joachim (Jo) Asscher
Ph.D. (Monash)
Lecturer
Tel.: +61 3 9902 0015
Fax.: +61 3 9905 3279
Room: W930
Email: Joachim.Asscher@arts.monash.edu.au
Academic Background
- Ph.D., Monash University, Australia, 1997.
- SM, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA , 1993.
- B.A. (Hons 1st class), Otago University, New Zealand, 1991.
Research Interests
- Applied Ethics
- Bioethics
- Environmental Ethics
- Ethics
Recent Publications
'The New Racism of Wilderness'. Forthcoming in Australian Journal of Professional and Applied Ethics.
(2008) 'The Moral Distinction between Killing and Letting Die in Medical Examples' in Bioethics (OnlineEarly Articles)
(http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-8519.2008.00616.x )(2007) 'Killing and Letting Die: the Similarity Criterion' in Journal of Applied Philosophy 24 (3), 271-282.
(http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1468-5930.2007.00381.x )
Other Philosophical Interests
- Animated Philosophy (see: www.animatedethics.com )
- Graphic Philosophy
- Children's Philosophy