Sir Louis Matheson Distinguishing Visiting Professor at Monash University, Uehiro Professor of Practical Ethics, University of Oxford
Professor Julian Savulescu is qualified in medicine, bioethics and analytic philosophy.
He holds the Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics and is Director of the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at Oxford, Director of the Oxford Centre for Neuroethics, and Director of the Program on the Ethics of the New Biosciences.
He is engaged in research, education and stimulating open discussion around the ethical issues arising in everyday life.
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