The Ethics of Mortality Measurement
@etme.bsky.social
A research project that explores how deaths should be evaluated. Based at the Centre for Medical Ethics, University of Oslo. Funded by the European Research Council.
https://www.med.uio.no/helsam/english/research/projects/ethme/
https://www.med.uio.no/helsam/english/research/projects/ethme/
ETHME's dr. philos. candidate Bjørn Hol recently published the article "Ethics and metaphysics of cadaveric organ conscription for transplantation" in Monash Bioethics Review. You can read the article here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Ethics and metaphysics of cadaveric organ conscription for transplantation - Monash Bioethics Review
Monash Bioethics Review - There is a shortage of organs for transplantation resulting in long waiting lists, and many die while waiting for a new organ. Different policies are discussed for solving...
link.springer.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
ETHME's dr. philos. candidate Bjørn Hol recently published the article "Ethics and metaphysics of cadaveric organ conscription for transplantation" in Monash Bioethics Review. You can read the article here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The National Museum of Norway's new exhibition features one of Vincent van Gogh's paintings of a skull smoking a cigarette (Photo by ETHME postdoc Borgar Jølstad).
April 8, 2025 at 6:46 AM
The National Museum of Norway's new exhibition features one of Vincent van Gogh's paintings of a skull smoking a cigarette (Photo by ETHME postdoc Borgar Jølstad).
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Good news for the @etme.bsky.social project! I now “understand” Hume’s principle. I’ll try to smuggle it into paper somehow by using the method of completely unecessary formalisation.
March 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Good news for the @etme.bsky.social project! I now “understand” Hume’s principle. I’ll try to smuggle it into paper somehow by using the method of completely unecessary formalisation.
Here is what we might call "the Core Group plus" of ETHME posing for a group photo after a day-long workshop on matters of death (and not life). (Photo: Åsne Rambøl Hillestad, UiO.)
March 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Here is what we might call "the Core Group plus" of ETHME posing for a group photo after a day-long workshop on matters of death (and not life). (Photo: Åsne Rambøl Hillestad, UiO.)
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Just a bunch of happy people discussing death in different settings at the end-of-semester workshop (aka DeathCon) for the core group of the Ethics of Mortality Measurement project.
December 16, 2024 at 9:32 AM
Just a bunch of happy people discussing death in different settings at the end-of-semester workshop (aka DeathCon) for the core group of the Ethics of Mortality Measurement project.
Job opportunities in Norway (with great benefits!) for early career scholars in #bioethics #medicalethics #ethics #philosophyofscience #epidemiology, etc.
We are hiring! ETHME seeks two full-time postdocs (2 years) and one full-time PhD (3 years). All positions are salaried. Want to do theoretical research on the ethics of mortality measurements? Apply now! (Details below.)
April 26, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Job opportunities in Norway (with great benefits!) for early career scholars in #bioethics #medicalethics #ethics #philosophyofscience #epidemiology, etc.
We are hiring! ETHME seeks two full-time postdocs (2 years) and one full-time PhD (3 years). All positions are salaried. Want to do theoretical research on the ethics of mortality measurements? Apply now! (Details below.)
April 26, 2024 at 12:40 PM
We are hiring! ETHME seeks two full-time postdocs (2 years) and one full-time PhD (3 years). All positions are salaried. Want to do theoretical research on the ethics of mortality measurements? Apply now! (Details below.)