Russell Blackford

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Russell Blackford

Philosophy

#1192

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#2218

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Philosophy of Religion

#56

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#58

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Ethics

#110

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#139

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Logic

#5509

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#6914

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According to Wikipedia, Russell Blackford is an Australian writer, philosopher, and literary critic. Early life and education Blackford was born in Sydney, and grew up in the city of Lake Macquarie, near Newcastle, New South Wales. After graduating with first-class honours degrees in both arts and law from the University of Newcastle and University of Melbourne respectively, Blackford was awarded a PhD in English literature, also from Newcastle, on the return to myth in modern fictional narrative . He completed a Master of Bioethics at Monash University and was awarded a second PhD, in philosophy , for a thesis entitled "The philosophy of human enhancement". His supervisor was Justin Oakley.

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Philosophy's Future: The Problem of Philosophical Progress (2017) (46)
Intelligence Unbound: The Future of Uploaded and Machine Minds (2014) (26)
Strange constellations: a history of Australian science fiction (1999) (17)
50 Voices of Disbelief: Why We Are Atheists (2009) (13)
Humanity Enhanced: Genetic Choice and the Challenge for Liberal Democracies (2013) (12)
Freedom of Religion and the Secular State: Blackford/Freedom of Religion and the Secular State (2012) (12)
Stem cell research on other worlds, or why embryos do not have a right to life (2006) (10)
Robots and reality: a reply to Robert Sparrow (2012) (10)
The Palgrave Handbook of Philosophy and Public Policy (2018) (8)
The Mystery of Moral Authority (2016) (7)
Genetically engineered people (2010) (6)
Book review: Sam Harris' The Moral Landscape (2010) (6)
Who's Afraid of the Brave New World? (2003) (5)
What is Atheism (2013) (5)
Sinning against nature: the theory of background conditions (2006) (5)
The Great Transition (2013) (5)
Moral pluralism versus the total view: why Singer is wrong about radical life extension (2009) (5)
50 Great Myths about Atheism: Blackford/50 Great Myths about Atheism (2013) (5)
Mind Uploading : A Philosophical Analysis (5)
Religion at Work in Bioethics and Biopolicy: Christian Bioethicists, Secular Language, Suspicious Orthodoxy. (2021) (5)
The Tyranny of Opinion: Conformity and the Future of Liberalism (2018) (5)
Human cloning and ‘posthuman’ society (2005) (5)
50 Voices of Disbelief (2009) (4)
Slippery Slopes to Slippery Slopes: Therapeutic Cloning and the Criminal Law (2007) (4)
Try the blue pill: what's wrong with life in a simulation? (2004) (4)
Science Fiction and the Moral Imagination (2017) (3)
Dr. Frankenstein Meets Lord Devlin: Genetic Engineering and The Principle of Intangible Harm (2006) (2)
Genetically engineered people: autonomy and moral virtue | NOVA. The University of Newcastle's Digital Repository (2010) (2)
Differing Vulnerabilities: The Moral Significance of Lockean Personhood (2007) (2)
Jewels in Junk City: To Read 'Triton.' (1996) (2)
Freedom of Religion & the Secular State (2011) (2)
Sisyphus and the Meaning of Life (2003) (1)
Surrogate Motherhood and Public Policy (2003) (1)
Introduction: Now More Important than Ever ‐ Voices of Reason (2009) (1)
Introduction I: Philosophy and the Perils of Progress (2017) (1)
At the Dawn of a Great Transition: The Question of Radical Enhancement (2021) (1)
Richard Swinburne , Mind, Brain, and Free Will . Reviewed by (2014) (1)
The Tempting of the Witch King (1983) (1)
Appendix: The Therapy/Enhancement Boundary (2013) (0)
The Liberty of Thought and Discussion: Restatement and Implications (2018) (0)
Grandstanding: The Use and Abuse of Moral Talk (2021) (0)
Religious Impositions and Endorsements (2011) (0)
Fairness, Equality, and Distributive Justice (2013) (0)
A Short History of Religious Intolerance (2011) (0)
Moral Relativism(s) (2016) (0)
Review of 'Becoming Atheist: Humanism and the Secular West' (2017) (0)
Genetics, ethics and the state (1999) (0)
Morality and Its Discontents (2016) (0)
Atheism, Ethics, and the Soul (2013) (0)
Physics and Fantasy: Scientific Mysticism, Kurt Vonnegut, and Gravity's Rainbow (1985) (0)
Book review: Chris Abel’s The Extended Self: Architecture, Memes and Minds (2015) (0)
Destiny and Desire: How To Think About Radical Enhancement (2022) (0)
Bunge on Science and Ideology: A Re-analysis (2019) (0)
Voicing our disbelief (2010) (0)
Indirect and Intangible Harms (2013) (0)
Private Power, Religious Communities, and the State (2011) (0)
The Appeal of Moral Naturalism (2016) (0)
Voices of Disbelief (2009) (0)
International Atheist and Related Organizations (2013) (0)
Science Fiction: A Short History of a Literary Genre (2017) (0)
Introduction: Science and the Rise of Science Fiction (2017) (0)
Technophiles, Technophobes, and Renegades (2017) (0)
Horrible, Strident Atheists (2013) (0)
A Threat to Autonomy (2013) (0)
Back to Locke: Concluding Remarks (2011) (0)
Post-Human Futures. "Transcension", by Damien Broderick and "Schild's Ladder", by Greg Egan. [review] (2002) (0)
Robots and reality: a reply to Robert Sparrow (2011) (0)
Religious Freedom and Freedom of Speech (2011) (0)
Thinking about cloning: a reply to Judith Thomson. (2001) (0)
Book review: Zoltan Istvan’s The Transhumanist Wager (2014) (0)
Chapter 31. Greg Egan (2007) (0)
Appeals to God (2016) (0)
William Gibson Overdrive (2012) (0)
Human Enhancement and the Harm Principle (2013) (0)
The invention of ethics (2012) (0)
Book review: Jerry A. Coyne’s Why Evolution Is True (2017) (0)
Margaret Somerville and the perils of bioethics (2001) (0)
50 Great Myths About Atheism (2013) (0)
Destiny and Desire (2021) (0)
Are Philosophical Questions Really Intractable (2018) (0)
Going Inward: Science Fiction and Human Enhancement (2017) (0)
Morality, Science Fiction, and Enabling Form (2017) (0)
Australian Science Fiction [Book Review] (1983) (0)
Coyne ’ s Why Evolution Is True (2009) (0)
Voluntary euthanasia: Beware of the godly! (2016) (0)
Editorial: Seven Years and Counting (2015) (0)
Living as a Moral Sceptic (2016) (0)
Talking about goodness (2015) (0)
Religious Influence and Religious Toleration (2023) (0)
Transparent Justice (2022) (0)
Genetic Engineering: What's the Harm? (2013) (0)
Liberalism, Humanism and Freedom of Speech: The Trouble with Religious Vilification Laws (2009) (0)
No Future for Atheism (2013) (0)
Violating the “natural Order” (2013) (0)
Rendezvous with Utopia: (2007) (0)
Aliens, Robots, Mutants, and Others (2017) (0)
What if nothing is sacred?: Politics and bioethics without sanctity (2015) (0)
On no, that’s controversial! (2021) (0)
Just Say Sex (2022) (0)
A transhuman future (2013) (0)
A Metaethical Coda (2016) (0)
The Rise of Modern Atheism (2013) (0)
Christian Baron Peter Nicolai Halvorsen Christine CorneaScience Fiction, Ethics and the Human Condition (2019) (0)
Liberty and Paternalism: A Reply to Tom Frame (2004) (0)
Philosophy in an age of propaganda (2016) (0)
Review of Humanity's End: Why We Should Reject Radical Enhancement by Nicholas Agar (2011) (0)
The Supposed Rights of the Fetus (2002) (0)
Introduction II: Bring on the Machines (2014) (0)
A Colloquium with Darko Suvin: Questions by Russell Blackford, Sylvia Kelso, and Van Ikin (2011) (0)
Most Australian voters not influenced by religion (2016) (0)
The inward journeys of Raimond Gaita (2000) (0)
Future and Alien Moralities (2017) (0)
Religious Freedom and the Interests of Children (2011) (0)
Religion‐Based Morality and the Secular State (2011) (0)
Hobbes, Locke, and their Legacy: Models of the Modern State (2011) (0)
Women and physics, philosophy and cyberspace (1999) (0)
Conclusion: Great Power and Great Responsibility (2017) (0)
Book review (2013) (0)
Motivation and Overview (2013) (0)
Religion and Politics (2014) (0)
Persecution, Accommodation, and Conscientious Objection (2011) (0)
Reason as a Foundation for Morality (2016) (0)
The Making of a Cancel Culture (2021) (0)

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