Julian Savulescu
@juliansavulescu
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Chen Su Lan Centennial Professor in Medical Ethics. Dir, Centre for Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore. Affiliated: Oxford, MCRI, Melbourne
Singapore
Joined February 2010
Would the stakes have been different if #HeJiankui edited the embryos to avoid a serious condition like Tay Sach's? @juliansavulescu suggests we need to reconsider the risks and benefits of genome editing for a broader range of serious conditions
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In his opening address, @juliansavulescu argues for the importance of knowing what people care about when it comes to embryo selection: it's their lives and their children. We want to know what you would do - so jump online to let us know:
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At #ABN2025, @juliansavulescu giving the keynote address on his original bioethics method - Collective Reflective Equlibrium in Practice - combining normative #ethics with public perceptions to produce better, publicly justifiable policies. Find it online: https://t.co/94ztJk6ARw
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🌱 “Stay curious and stay open.” Aspiring to enter the field of bioethics? Hear from Prof @juliansavulescu (@NUSMedicine) #ABNConference2025 as he shares how public engagement & Collective Reflective Equilibrium shape ethical policy in healthcare & science. 📅 23–24 Oct | 📍 SG
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New publication 🚨 "AI and the Future of Academic Peer Review" - led by @CeBIL_Center Sebastian Porsdam Mann, with @mateo_aboy, @NUS_CBmE Joel Seah, @ZLinPsy, @Demon_Lux, @philosowhal, @hazemzohny, @TiMinCeBIL, and @juliansavulescu (link below).
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We are #hiring! Assistant/Associate Professor wanted! See details on our website: https://t.co/jwfQbJl5jS Deadline is Oct 15!
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We are #hiring a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in #bioethics here at CBmE! More details online at: https://t.co/Lw9hVAPhH1 Deadline is Oct 15th.
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Still more contributions: Stefan Riedener, @juliansavulescu, Andreas Schmidt, @StefanFSchubert, @CarlShulman, Dean Spears, Katie Steele, @OrriStefansson, Christian Tarsney, @ElliottThornley, @charlottefunruh, @aronvallinder, @wrwveit, @evavivalt, @HaydenWilko, @Christophkw
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If you were a doctor, woken in the middle of the night to decide who gets an organ, would you want to decide? What if an AI device could also do it, or do it better? Walter Sinnott-Armstrong answers this on our Centres’ new podcast:
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🚨 Registration Open! Asian Bioethics Network Conference 2025 📅 23–24 Oct | Singapore Keynotes by Prof Glenn Cohen (@Harvard_Law) & Prof @juliansavulescu (@NUSMedicine) and many more experts Secure your spot: https://t.co/nA8ejJxS9n
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The UK Supreme Court’s ruling that 'sex' in the Equality Act means biological sex—not gender identity—has sparked fierce debate. Shalom Chalson and I write more about why broad consultation matters:
blogs.bmj.com
By Shalom Chalson and Julian Savulescu  On April 16, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ruled that when interpreting the UK’s Equality Act (2010)—which details legal protections against...
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My paper, "Solones, Solo Reproduction and Vice" coauthored with @juliansavulescu, both of us from @NUS_CBmE, is now out at @AsianBioethics.
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(2/2) Please check our new paper "Road Rage Against the Machine: Humans and LLMs Share a Blame Bias Against Driverless Cars" ( https://t.co/BYDYZ2z0Ru). Happy to work with @YueyingChu, @briandavidearp, @juliansavulescu.
tandfonline.com
Human language reflects our social values, biases, and moral judgments. Large language models (LLMs) trained on extensive human texts may therefore learn or encode such information, allowing them t...
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First, we have the Waide Center for Applied Ethics Seminar Series. These are held virtually, via Zoom, one Wednesday a month and are free and open to all! We have a great line-up of speakers this fall, including Joanne Ciulla, R. Edward Freeman, Jeff Sebo, and @juliansavulescu.
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Health-care professionals aren't pacifists refusing conscription into the military. They freely choose health-care careers – that comes with obligations. @juliansavulescu @unimelb
theconversation.com
Health-care professionals aren’t pacifists refusing conscription into the military. They freely choose health-care careers – that comes with obligations.
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Happiness and meaning: can you have both? What is the difference between meaning in life and the meaning of life? Check out our new podcast with Matthew Hammerton from @sgSMU and leave comment! https://t.co/56Uu3vkjN9
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What happens when the wrong embryo gets implanted? Do genetic or birth parents have stronger moral claims to the child? @Sineadprince and I consider some preliminary answers to the recent questions arising from the Monash IVF mix up in this JME blog:
blogs.bmj.com
By Sinead Prince and Julian Savulescu Imagine discovering that the child you gestated and have been raising for two years isn’t genetically yours – but someone else’s embryo was implanted by mistake....
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#AI and the End of Life: Reimagining Medical Futility for the 21st Century @JulianSavulescu MediCine ➡️ https://t.co/aqEAJroDnS
#Bioethics @NUSMedicine
medicine.nus.edu.sg
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New work 🚨 led by Sebastian Porsdam Mann, with @juliansavulescu and me: "When to Create Embryos or Organoids for Research"
researchgate.net
PDF | The development of brain organoids and use of human embryonic neural structures for research each raise distinct ethical considerations that... | Find, read and cite all the research you need...
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New work 🚨led by @NUS_CBmE visiting PhD student @YueyingChu, along with @PengLiu20233 and @juliansavulescu: Road Rage Against the Machine: Humans and LLMs Share a Blame Bias Against Driverless Cars: International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction: https://t.co/gFBwpD8qwA
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