University of Birmingham

Faculty Member, Philosophy

Professor of Global Ethics

About

I am Professor of Global Ethics in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham where I teach moral philosophy, virtue ethics and bioethics.

My department staff page is:
http://www.philosophy.bham.ac.uk/staff/widdows.shtml

My research interests include; virtue ethics, especially the philosophy of Iris Murdoch and the ethics of care; global ethics, including multiculturalism, global values and the war on terror; women’s rights and feminist activism; bioethical issues, particularly, reproductive and genetic ethics as well as concerns about property and commodification.

I am active in a number of research projects and networks. In 2005 I was awarded a visiting fellowship at Harvard University, where I worked on moral neo-colonialism. I have led a number of bioethics projects; such as PropEur (Property Regulation in European Science, Ethics and Law), which examined the ethics and governance of tangible and intangible property in the Human Genome, Human Tissue, Plant and Animal Genomes and the Information Society and currently she is a partner in Tiss.Eu (an EC project which examines the correct governance of human tissue). I also serve as a member of the UK Biobank Ethics and Governance Council and on the committee of the Scientific Committee for the 10th International Congress of the Association of Bioethics. I am Lead Editor of the Journal of Global Ethics and on the editorial board of Globalizations and Health Care Analysis. My publications include a monograph on The Moral Vision of Iris Murdoch and edited collections on Women’s Reproductive Rights and The Governance of Genetic Information, in addition to articles and book chapters on all my areas of interest. For more details on my projects and publications please visit my department staff page.

http://www.philosophy.bham.ac.uk/staff/widdows.shtml

Contact Information

Homepage: http://www.philosophy.bham.ac.uk/staff/widdows.shtml