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Name
  
Justin Oakley

Era
  
Contemporary philosophy

Role
  
Philosopher

Region
  
Western philosophy

School
  
Analytic philosophy

Main interests
  
Ethics

Influenced by
  
Aristotle



Notable ideas
  
True Friendship Professional Ethics

Books
  
Virtue Ethics and Professional Roles, Morality and the emotions, Virtue ethics

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Justin Oakley is a bioethicist and moral philosopher. He has been part of the revival of the ethical doctrine known as virtue ethics, an Aristotelian doctrine which has received renewed interest in the past few decades.

Contents

Oakley is particularly well known for his work on professional ethics and also the so-called 'problem' of friendship. The problem of friendship looks at how a strict application of impartialist ethical doctrines, such as utilitarianism and Kantianism, conflicts with our notions of friendship or 'true friendship'. In 1995, he published, with Dean Cocking, the now widely cited article "Indirect Consequentialism, Friendship, and the Problem of Alienation" in the journal Ethics.

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Education

Oakley studied his Bachelor of Arts at Swinburne University of Technology, graduating in 1981, and completed his PhD in Philosophy at La Trobe University in 1989. He teaches in the Master of Bioethics program run by Monash University Centre for Human Bioethics.

Work and awards

Oakley joined the Centre for Human Bioethics at Monash University (established by colleague and friend Peter Singer) in 1990 and served as its Director for 13 years, from 1999 to 2012. In February 2012, he became Deputy Director to spend more time on his research.

In 2004, he was awarded the Eureka Prize for Research in Ethics.

Personal life

Oakley supports the Australian Rules Football team the Geelong football club.

Publications

Books authored or edited:

  • Informed Consent and Clinician Accountability The Ethics of Report Cards on Surgeon Performance, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2007 (co-edited with Steve Clarke).
  • Bioethics (International Library of Essays in Public and Professional Ethics), Aldershot, Ashgate, 2006 (edited collection).
  • Virtue Ethics and Professional Roles, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2001 (pbk. 2005) (with Dean Cocking).
  • Morality and the Emotions, London, Routledge, 1992

    • References

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