Vilhjálmur Árnason

Vilhjálmur Árnason (born in Neskaupstaður, 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.

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

Books
  • Hugsmíðar: Um siðferði, stjórnmál og samfélag [Fantasies: On Ethics, Politics and Sociecty], 2014
  • 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

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gollark: So it wouldn't be that China got access to all the production capacity there, it would just be lost to everyone.
gollark: An actual invasion would probably render all the semiconductor stuff inoperable, either through physically damaging it, driving away the knowledgeable workers, or making it impossible to get the necessary chemical supplies in.
gollark: https://mathworld.wolfram.com/FanosGeometry.html
gollark: It relates to error correction codes or something.
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