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David Kirchhoffer

Australia
Institution Queensland Bioethics Centre, Australian Catholic University
Position Director
Recent Publications
  • Books: Kirchhoffer D.G. and B.J. Richards (eds.) 2019. Beyond Autonomy: On the Limits and Alternatives to Informed Consent in Research Ethics and Law, Cambridge Bioethics and Law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Kirchhoffer D.G. 2013. Human Dignity in Contemporary Ethics. Amherst, NY: Teneo Press.
  • Book Chapters: Kirchhoffer, D.G., C.D. Favor, C.D. Cordner. 2019. Beneficence in Research Ethics. In Beyond Autonomy: On the Limits and Alternatives to Informed Consent in Research Ethics and Law, Cambridge Bioethics and Law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Kirchhoffer, D.G. 2019. Dignity, Being and Becoming in Research Ethics. In Beyond Autonomy: On the Limits and Alternatives to Informed Consent in Research Ethics and Law, Cambridge Bioethics and Law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Kirchhoffer, D.G. 2018. How Ecology can Save the Life of Theology: A Philosophical Contribution to the Engagement of Ecology and Theology. In Theology and Ecology Across the Disciplines: On Care for our Common Home, ed. C. Deane-Drummond and R. Artinian-Kaiser. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark.
  • Kirchhoffer, D.G. 2016. Questioning Human Dignity: The Dimensions of Dignity Model as a Bridge Between Cosmopolitanism and the Particular. In Religion and Culture in Dialogue: East and West Perspectives, ed. J. Ozolins. Dordrecht: Springer.
  • Kirchhoffer, D.G. 2015. Human Dignity and Personhood. In Health Care Ethics: Theory to Practice, ed. J. Grainger and J. Ozolins. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles: Kirchhoffer, D.G. 2020. Dignity, Autonomy, and Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources During COVID-19. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, (forthcoming)
  • Kirchhoffer, D.G. 2017. Human Dignity and Human Enhancement: A Multidimensional Approach. Bioethics 31, 5: 375-383.
  • Kirchhoffer, D.G. 2016. The Roman Catholic Church on the Secularization of the Concept of Human Dignity. Louvain Studies 39, 3: 240-260.