David Neil

BA, PhD (Monash)

David Neil is a lecturer in the Philosophy Program and his teaching is primarily in the area of ethics. His research interests are in political philosophy, ethical theory and applied ethics (particularly medical ethics). Prior to his appointment at UOW David was a lecturer in the School of Philosophy and Bioethics at Monash University. He is a member of the Citizens, States and Power research group.

Publications:

Searchable RIS publications from 2000 to date

Book Chapters

• D. Neil,  ‘The emperor’s new scar: The ethics of placebo surgery’, in David Benatar (ed.) Cutting to the Core: Ethics of Contested Surgeries, Rowman & Littlefield, 2006, pp. 197 – 210.

• D.  Neil,  ‘Against the informed consent argument for surgeon report cards’, in Stephen Clarke and Justin Oakley (eds.), Informed Consent and Clinician Accountability: the ethics of auditing and reporting surgeon performance, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2007.

• D. Neil, ‘Genetic preselection and the moral equality of individuals’ in Janna Thompson and Loane Skene (eds.), The Sorting Society: The Ethics of Genetic Testing and Therapy, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2007.

Refereed Journal Articles

• D. Neil , T.  Coady, J. Thompson, H. Kuhse, ‘End-of-life-decisions in medical practice: A survey of Victorian Doctors’, Journal of Medical Ethics, forthcoming.

• D.  Neil, S. Clarke and J. G Oakley, ‘Public reporting of individual surgeon performance information: United Kingdom developments and Australian issues’, Medical Journal of Australia, September 2004, Vol. 181, pp. 266 – 268

• D. Neil and J. Craigie, ‘The Ethics of Pharmacogenomics’, Monash Bioethics Review, Vol. 23, No. 2, April 2004, pp. 9-20. 

• D. Neil, ‘The Uses of Anachronism: Deleuze’s History of the Subject’, Philosophy Today, Vol. 24, No. 4, Winter 1998, pp. 418 – 431.

E-Mail: dneil@uow.edu.au
Phone: (02) 4221 4068