Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I‘m returning to Heidelberg from a fruitful two-day workshop of the Character Education Network at Leipzig University, discussing among other things the progress with our upcoming handbook. Now I‘m looking forward to ten days at home before commuting resumes for the winter term. 000
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I am traveling to Passau today to attend this year’s 13th Conference in Practical Philosophy. On Friday I will speak on “Virtue Ethics as Practical Anthropology”. Looking forward to good discussions! 041
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Today I learnt from a student paper that I apparently co-edited a volume in 2015 and don’t remember it! 000
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 09/09/2026My book is coming out on October 9! If you are in Germany, Austria or Switzerland, please consider ordering it for your university library! www.nomos-shop.de/de/p/leben-u...nomos-shop.deLeben und Vernunft 000
Reposted by Sascha SettegastConstantine Sandis @csandis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Gabriele had become a big part of my life in recently years and I shall miss her so much. She died on Sunday, peacefully and at home, as was her wish. dailynous.com/2026/08/26/g...dailynous.comGabriele Taylor (1927-2026) - Daily NousGabriele Taylor, emeritus fellow in philosophy at St. Anne's College, University of Oxford, has died. Gabriele Taylor was known for her work in moral philosophy, especially moral psychology. She is th... 1122
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Yesterday I received the proofs for my book. I’m pleased that “Leben und Vernunft: Zum Naturbegriff in der neo-aristotelischen Tugendethik” (Life and Reason: Neo-Aristotelian Virtue Ethics and the Concept of Nature) is scheduled to appear in mid-October. Here’s a preview of the ToC: 021
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 22/07/2026I am traveling to Leipzig today to attend the 15th meeting of the Action Network. This year‘s theme is a classic: “Practical Thought and Good Action”. Looking forward to interesting talks and conversations! 000
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 13/07/2026This week marks the end of teaching for the summer term here in Halle. I taught two courses, one on the Nicomachean Ethics and one on topics in applied virtue ethics. Next winter I will teach courses on the seven deadly sins and on pregnancy and abortion. Looking forward to that! 130
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 10/04/2026After a busy semester break, teaching resumed in Halle this week for the summer term. This term I am teaching one course on “topics in applied virtue ethics” and another on the Nicomachean Ethics. 040
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 03/03/2026A new paper by the NEW_LIVES group on criteria for gNBS program design and target disease selection, to which I made a small contribution as co-author, has appeared. I’m looking forward to a future pilot study! @ethicswinkler.bsky.social @aem-online.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comA multi-dimensional framework for establishing and managing a genomic newborn screening program - European Journal of Human GeneticsEuropean Journal of Human Genetics - A multi-dimensional framework for establishing and managing a genomic newborn screening program 010
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 04/02/2026This week marks the end of teaching here in Halle for the winter term. I taught two courses, on epistemic injustice and on phil of disability. In the upcoming summer term I will teach “topics in applied virtue ethics” and, for the first time, the Nicomachean Ethics. Really looking forward to it! 020
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 08/01/2026I am in Darmstadt today to attend a workshop on the anthropological basis of applied ethics. Tomorrow I will speak on “Virtue Ethics as Practical Anthropology”. Looking forward to three days of informative discussions! 141
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Teaching resumed this week in Halle for the winter term. This term, I am again teaching two courses, one on "Epistemic Injustice", the other on "Philosophy of Disability". The students already seem very engaged, so I am looking forward to an intense and enjoyable semester! 000
Reposted by Sascha SettegastEthics Institute Winkler @ethicswinkler.bsky.social · 01/10/2025New special issue out now! The Sept 2025 issue of Ethik in der Medizin @aem-online.bsky.social explores ethical challenges in genomic newborn screening, including the two articles we recently spotlighted. 🔗 link.springer.com/journal/481/... #Bioethics #Genomics #NewbornScreeninglink.springer.comEthik in der MedizinDie Zeitschrift Ethik in der Medizin widmet sich der interdisziplinären wissenschaftlichen Erforschung und Vermittlung von Ethik in der Medizin in allen ... 021
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 30/09/2025I am pleased I have been invited to speak at a workshop on the anthropological foundations of applied ethics at TU Darmstadt in early January. I will be speaking on "Virtue Ethics as Practical Anthropology". Looking forward to insightful discussions! 040
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 29/09/2025OUT NOW: Eva C. Winkler and I have co-edited a special issue of Ethik in der Medizin with ten amazing papers on the ethics of genomic newborn screening. It is now finally published! link.springer.com/journal/481/... @aem-online.bsky.social @ethicswinkler.bsky.sociallink.springer.comEthik in der MedizinDie Zeitschrift Ethik in der Medizin widmet sich der interdisziplinären wissenschaftlichen Erforschung und Vermittlung von Ethik in der Medizin in allen ... 041
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 24/09/2025I‘m traveling to Passau today to attend the 12th Conference in Practical Philosophy. Tomorrow, Philipp Richter and I will speak on „Learning Virtue with Julia Annas: Implications for Teaching Ethics in Schools“. Of course, we have a 100 min train delay. 040
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 09/09/2025I’m traveling to Düsseldorf today to attend the 12th congress of the German Society for Analytic Philosophy (GAP.12). On Thursday I will speak on “What is a Second Nature and How Do We Acquire It?” Looking forward to it! 030
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 06/09/2025NEW PUBLICATION: Part II of the paper I first-authored with the NEW_LIVES group is now out as well. In it, we outline a normative framework for genomic newborn screening and indicate some of its implications for gNBS program design. doi.org/10.1007/s004... @ethicswinkler.bsky.socialdoi.orgTowards genomic newborn screening, part II: outlining a normative framework - Ethik in der MedizinDefinition of problem Newborn screening (NBS) is an internationally successful program for the secondary prevention of rare congenital diseases. At present, most of the target conditions in NBS are di... 032
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 04/09/2025A further paper in our special issue on the ethics of genomic newborn screening has just been published: M Jungkunz & C Schickhardt outline a child-focused normative framework for gNBS that draws on a review of established public health norms. doi.org/10.1007/s004... @ethicswinkler.bsky.socialdoi.orgEthics of genomic newborn screening—a child centered public health framework - Ethik in der MedizinBackground The screening of newborns for severe congenital diseases has been a success story since the 1960s. With the upsurge of genomic sequencing technologies, the question arises: Should genomic N... 000
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 03/09/2025New paper out! It will be part of our upcoming special issue on the ethics of genomic newborn screening. Looking forward to it! @ethicswinkler.bsky.social 000
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 30/08/2025Seems like the bots have discovered bluesky. 010
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 28/08/2025I'm pleased two papers I first-authored with the NEW_LIVES group have been accepted for publication in Ethik in der Medizin: "Towards Genomic Newborn Screening, Part I: Mapping the Ethical Issues" and "Part II: Outlining a Normative Framework". They will open our special issue on the ethics of gNBS. 000
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Pleased another paper in our special issue is out: L:E Kramheller & C Rehmann-Sutter consider how population-wide gNBS might impact hermeneutic processes & societal practices by which parents understand their children's corporeality and development: doi.org/10.1007/s004... @aem-online.bsky.socialdoi.orgEthik der genetischen Kommunikation im Kontext des genomischen Neugeborenen-Screenings: Hermeneutische Überlegungen und zwei Fallbeispiele - Ethik in der MedizinDefinition of the problem This article examines the ethical implications of genomic newborn screening (gNBS) from a hermeneutic perspective. Decisions on criteria for preventive actionability, as well... 011
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Another important paper in our Ethik in der Medizin special issue on the ethics of genomic newborn screening has been published! Lainie Friedman Ross argues the case against universal genomic sequencing of healthy newborns: doi.org/10.1007/s004... @ethicswinkler.bsky.social @aem-online.bsky.socialdoi.orgThe case against genomic sequencing of healthy newborns - Ethik in der MedizinBackground Newborn screening (NBS) is a coordinated and comprehensive public health program that includes parent and provider education, the collection of dried blood spot specimens, testing and patie... 011
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 28/07/2025www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1192...nd-aktuell.deQua Geburt in der DatenbankIn mehreren Ländern wird diskutiert, Neugeborene per DNA-Analyse auf genetisch bedingte Krankheiten zu screenen. Dadurch könnten allerdings durch die Hintertür nationale Gendatenbanken entstehen, mit ... 010
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 24/07/2025CV update: philpeople.org/public_cache...philpeople.org 000
Reposted by Sascha SettegastEthics Institute Winkler @ethicswinkler.bsky.social · 18/07/2025📖👇 "Empfehlungen zu ethischen, rechtlichen, sozialen und medizinischen Rahmenbedingungen für ein genomisches Neugeborenenscreening-Programm in Deutschland" doi.org/10.11588/fmk... 133
Reposted by Sascha SettegastEthics Institute Winkler @ethicswinkler.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Right now @MarsiliusKolleg in Heidelberg the NEW_LIVES project group is presenting the results of their project "Genomic NEWborn screening programs – Legal Implications, Value, Ethics and Society"👶🧬 022
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 17/07/2025I am traveling to Kiel today to attend a workshop on virtue and character education at Kiel University. Looking forward to shared projects! 030
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 08/07/2025This week is the final week of teaching for the summer term here in Halle. I taught two courses, one on phil of sex, the other comparing Hume & Mill on the foundations of morality. Next winter, I will be teaching two courses again, one an intro to phil of disability, the other on epistemic injustice 000
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 04/07/2025I'm pleased another paper in our special issue on genomic newborn screening has been published: I. Bartram discusses potential risks of gNBS data generation & storage related to genetic determinism, social stigmatization, discrimination & policing @ethicswinkler.bsky.social doi.org/10.1007/s004...doi.orgUnintended social effects of newborn genomic data use and storage in the age of sociogenomics and genetic surveillance - Ethik in der MedizinDefinition of the problem Genetic data are increasingly important in the field of medicine for diagnostics as well as preventative health care. With the emergence of rapid and cost-effective DNA-seque... 122
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 18/06/2025@ethicswinkler.bsky.social and I are editing a special issue on the ethics of genomic newborn screening. I'm pleased the first paper is now online: H. Straub & R. Müller-Terpitz consider the German legal context for further use of gNBS biosamples, e.g. in research. link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comRechtliche Aspekte der Nutzung und Aufbewahrung von Proben aus einem (genomischen) Neugeborenen-Screening - Ethik in der MedizinDefinition of the problem This article discusses the legal challenges associated with the use and storage of blood samples collected as part of newborn screening programs. A key question is whether th... 110
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 02/06/2025I am pleased that Philipp Richter (Bochum) and I will be speaking on "Learning Virtue with Julia Annas: Implications for Teaching Ethics in Schools" at this year's XII. Conference in Practical Philosophy, 25/26 Sept 2025 at University of Passau. 020
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 14/05/2025I am pleased I have been accepted to speak on "What is a Second Nature and How Do We Acquire It?" at the 12th Congress of the German Society for Analytic Philosophy (GAP) in Düsseldorf in early September. www.gap12.degap12.deGAP.12: Pathways to Truth 040
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Essential reading. thepointmag.com/examined-lif...thepointmag.comA Matter of Words | The Point MagazineOver the course of the past two years, university committees focused on the impact of artificial intelligence have assembled across the country. 000
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 07/05/2025I am grateful I have been invited to speak on "Sex as Joint Action: Contrasts and Presuppositions" at an upcoming workshop on "Sexual Agency" at FU Berlin on 22/23 May, organized by Milena Bartholain and Manon Garcia. Looking forward to good discussions! 010
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 05/05/2025I am traveling to TU Braunschweig today to give a talk in the lecture series “Morphology: Interdisciplinary Perspectives”. I will speak on “Concept and Movement: Thoughts on the Morphology of Intentional Action”. Thank you to @karafyllis.bsky.social for the invitation! Really looking forward to it! 120
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 02/04/2025This week teaching resumes here in Halle for the summer term. I’m teaching two courses, one an introduction to philosophy of sex, the other on Hume and Mill on the foundations of morality. We’re comparing Hume’s Enquiry into the Principles of Morals with Mill’s Utilitarianism. Should be fun! 010
Reposted by Sascha SettegastJustin Weinberg @dailynous.com · 22/02/2025Tom Beauchamp, professor emeritus of philosophy at Georgetown University and a highly influential figure in biomedical ethics, has died.dailynous.comTom Beauchamp III (1939-2025) - Daily NousTom L. Beauchamp III, professor emeritus of philosophy at Georgetown University and one of the most influential philosophers of bioethics, has died. Professor Beauchamp was well-known for his work on ... 1259
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 10/02/2025The manuscript of Gadamer‘s Truth and Method, as seen today at the Heidelberg university archives on occasion of a Gadamer jubilee conference. 040
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 29/01/2025This week marks the final week of teaching for the winter term here in Halle, and I am glad to be back to conclude my seminars. I taught three courses: an intro to virtue ethics based on Julia Annas’ Intelligent Virtue; an overview of analytic action theory 1/ 140
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Some alternate history as light reading during the recovery phase. 050
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Two years ago today I defended my dissertation. Today I was released from hospital after being implanted with a pacemaker, on top of the defibrillator I received three weeks ago. Still not sure how to process it all. 140
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 07/01/2025I am back in hospital. Apparently my heart stopped beating for 20 seconds on Sunday. Now I will probably get a pacemaker on top. It’s all a complete nightmare. 130
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Last Friday I unexpectedly was diagnosed with Brugada Syndrome, a rare genetic heart rhythm disorder. Today I had my defibrillator surgery. Still quite unhappy that it was necessary but now it is done. Onward to recovery and living with 140
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 31/10/2024It seems I have been plagiarized of sorts. A Polish dissertation lifts two entire paragraphs verbatim from a published paper of mine without marking them as a direct quote. Although my paper is referenced in a footnote, a reader would not recognize these are not the author‘s own words but mine. 030
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 25/10/2024I am very pleased that I have been invited to give a guest lecture at TU Braunschweig next May in the lecture series "Morphology: Interdisciplinary Perspectives". I will be speaking on "Movement and Concept: Thoughts on the Morphology of Intentional Action". Looking forward to it! 010
Sascha Settegast @formaformarum.bsky.social · 07/10/2024Today the winter term begins in Halle. I am teaching three courses: an intro to virtue ethics based on Julia Annas' "Intelligent Virtue"; an overview of analytic phil of action focused on the ontology of practical reasons; and an intro to medical ethics co-taught with Prof Mario Brandhorst. 030