Ben Schwan is a faculty member in the Department of Bioethics at
Ben's research focuses primarily on issues of agency as they arise in ethical theory and practice. At the theoretical level, his work explores implications that accounts of ability, intention, action, and control have for theories of reasons and oughts. At the practical level, he scrutinizes the role that autonomy plays in justifying certain practices in medical research and clinical care, and investigates the impact that health and healthcare have on patients’ scope of responsibility.
Publications
Schwan, Ben. "Why Decision-making Capacity Matters." Journal of Moral Philosophy (forthcoming)
O'Brien, David; Schwan, Ben. "Wrongfulness Rewarded? A Normative Paradox." Synthese (forthcoming)
Schwan, Ben. "Responsibility amid the social determinants of health." Bioethics 35.1 (2021): 6-14.
Schwan, Ben. "What ability can do." Philosophical Studies 175.3 (2018): 703-723.
Schwan, Ben, & Stern, Reuben (2017). "A Causal Understanding of When and When Not to Jeffrey Conditionalize." Philosopher's Imprint, 17(8).