Vilhjálmur Árnason

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Vilhjálmur.

Vilhjálmur Árnason (born in Iceland 1953) is professor of philosophy at the University of Iceland. Internationally he is best known for his research on ethical aspects of controversial genetic research in Iceland by deCODE Genetics.

Books

With Ástríður Stefánsdóttir Sjálfræði og aldraðir í ljósi íslenskra aðstæðna [Autonomy and Senior Citizens in Light of their Situation in Icelandic], (2004)
Broddflugur: Siðferðilegar ádeilur og samfélagsgagnrýni [Gadflies: Moral and Social Criticisms], (1997)
Siðfræði lífs og dauða [Ethics of Life and Death], (1993, 2nd ed. 2003. German transl. 2005: Dialog und Menschenwürde. Ethik im Gesundheitswesen')
Þættir úr sögu siðfræðinnar [Themes From the History of Moral Philosophy], (1990)
Siðfræði heilbrigðisþjónustu [Ethics in Health Care], (1990)

Sources

Authority control	VIAF: 47878343 ISNI: 0000 0000 5544 4144

Persondata
Name	Arnason, Vilhjalmur
Alternative names
Short description	Icelandic philosopher
Date of birth	1953
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.