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DR ROBERT SPARROW



Contact Details

Organization: Philosophy
Position: Honorary (Fellow)
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Homepage: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/bioethics/staff/sparrow/
Work: 03 9905 3244
Fax: 03 9905 3279
Building: No Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Bioethics Australia
Moral Philosophy Australia
Social and Political Philosophy Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1990
Doctor of Philosophy The Australian National University 31-Dec-1999

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2007

Book Chapters

  • 'Barbarians at the Gates': The Moral Costs of Political Community
    Year: 2007
    Book: Politics and Morality
    Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan(Basingstoke)
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Cloning, Parenthood, and Genetic Relatedness
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Bioethics
    Volume: 20
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 308 - 318
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  • In the hands of machines? The future of aged care
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Minds and Machines
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 141 - 161
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Better off deaf?
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Res Publica
    Volume: 11
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 11-16
    Publisher: Centre for Philosophy & Public issues(Melbourne)
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  • Talking sense about political correctness
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Australian Studies
    Volume: 73
    Page numbers: 119-131
    Publisher: University of Queensland Press
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  • The march of the robot dogs
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Ethics and Information Technology
    Volume: 4
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 305-318
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers(Dordrecht)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Liberal freedoms and cultural rights
    Year: 2002
    Event name: Australian Association of Professional & Applied Ethics Conference
    Conference Publication: Proceedings: Annual Conference of the Australian Association of Professional and Applied Ethics
    Page numbers: 1-25
    Publisher: International Institute for Public Ethics(Brisbane)
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Publications in 2001

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Artificial intelligences, embodiment and the "Turing Triage Test"
    Year: 2001
    Event name: It and the Body
    Conference Publication: Proceedings Computer ethics: philosophical enquiry. It and the Body
    Page numbers: 222-235
    Publisher: Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiry 2001(Lancashire)
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