Dr Richard Gibson

Visiting Scholar, University of Texas Medical Branch

Interests

Bioethics, Human Enhancement, Socially Disruptive Technologies, Moral Status, Ethical Theory

Background

Richard B. Gibson is a bioethicist and moral philosopher. He earned his BA in philosophy from the University of the West of England, MA in bioethics & society from King’s College London, and Ph.D. in bioethics & medical jurisprudence from the University of Manchester. Richard’s primary research focus concerns the impacts of socially disruptive technologies - innovations that have the potential to radically alter how we relate to ourselves, each other, and the world around us. Richard’s doctoral research focused on the ethical, social, and legal implications of providing healthy limb amputations in Body Integrity Dysphoria cases.
In October 2021, he joined the Institute of Bioethics & Health Humanities at the University of Texas Medical Branch as a Visiting Scholar. Before joining UTMB, he was a Teaching Associate in the University of Manchester’s Department of Law, where he taught classes on global health law & ethics and the ethics of genetics & genomics. More recently, his work has focused on the ethical questions raised by cryopreservation, the morality of de-extinction, and the metaphysics of death.

Contact

rbgibson@utmb.edu

@RichardBGibson