Dr Stephen Clarke

James Martin Research Fellow

stephen.clarke@philosophy.ox.ac.uk

Steve Clarke is a James Martin Research Fellow in the Institute for Science and Ethics and is a named researcher on the AHRC funded project �Science and Religious Conflict�. He is on leave from the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics in Australia (until 2012) where he is a Senior Research Fellow. He holds a PhD in Philosophy from Monash University and has previously held appointments at the University of Melbourne, the University of Cape Town and La Trobe University. Steve is a broad-ranging philosopher who has published in such journals as The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Synthese, Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, Philosophical Psychology, Philosophy and Technology and the Journal of Risk Research.

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Publications

Books

Clarke, S. and Oakley, J., (eds.), (2007), Informed Consent and Clinician Accountability: The Ethics of Report Cards on Surgeon Performance, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).

Journal Articles

Clarke, S., Powell, R., and Savulescu, J. (2012), 'An ethical and prudential argument for prioritizing the reduction of parasite-stress in the allocation of health care resources', Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Vol: 35(April ): 90-91.
Clarke, S. and Roache. R. (2012), 'Introducing Transformative Technologies into Democratic Societies', Philosophy and Technology, Vol: 25(1): 27-45.
Clarke, S. (2011), ' The Neuroscience of Decision Making and Our Standards for Assessing Competence to Consent', Neuroethics, Vol: Online First
Clarke, S. and Powell. R. (2011), 'Religion as an Evolutionary Byproduct: A Critique of the Standard Model', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Vol: Online First
Clarke, S. (2010), 'Transcendental Realisms in the Philosophy of Science: on Bhaskar and Cartwright 2010 ', Synthese, Vol: 173(April ) pp. 299-315
Clarke, S. (2010), 'Cognitive Bias and the Precautionary Principle: What�s Wrong with the Core Argument in Sunstein�s Laws of Fear and a Way to Fix it ', Journal of Risk Research, Vol: 13(March) pp. 163-174
Liao, S. M., Clarke, S. and Sheehan, M., (2009), 'Disclosing Clinical Trial Results: Publicity, Significance and Independence', The American Journal of Bioethics, Vol: 9 (8), pp. W3-W5
Liao, S. M., Clarke, S. and Sheehan, M., (2009), 'The Duty to Disclose Adverse Clinical Trial Results', The American Journal of Bioethics, Vol: 9 (8), pp. 24-32
Clarke, S. and Walsh, A., (2009), 'Scientific Imperialism and the Proper Relations between the Sciences', International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol: 23 pp. 195-207.
Clarke, S., (2009), 'Naturalism, Science and the Supernatural', Sophia, Vol: 48 pp. 127-142
Clarke, S., (2008), 'Sim and the City: Rationalism in Psychology and Philosophy and Haidt's Account of Moral Judgement', Philosophical Psychology, Vol: 21 (6) pp. 799-820
Clarke, S. and Wolfendale, J., (2008), 'Paternalism, Consent, and the Use of Experimental Drugs in the Military', Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, Vol: 33 (4) pp. 337-355
Clarke, S. and Levy, N., (2008), 'Neuroethics and Psychiatry', Current Opinion in Psychiatry, Vol: 21 (6) pp. 568-571
Savulescu, J. and Clarke, S., (2007), 'Waiting for a Miracle...Miracles, Miraclism and Discrimination', Southern Medical Journal, Vol: 100 (12), pp. 1259-1262
Clarke, S., (2007), 'The Supernatural and the Miraculous', Sophia, Vol: 46 pp. 275-283
Clarke, S., (2007), 'Against the Unification of the Behavioral Sciences', Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Vol: 30 pp. 21-22
Clarke, S., (2007), 'Conspiracy Theories and the Internet: Controlled Demolition and Arrested Development', Episteme, Vol: 4 pp. 167-180
Clarke, S., (2006), 'The Fundamental Attribution Error and Harman's Case against Character Traits', South African Journal of Philosophy, Vol: 25 pp. 350-368

Chapters in Books

Clarke, S. (2011), 'Cognitive Bias and Collective Enhancement', in J. Savulescu, R. t. Meulen and G. Kahane (Eds.) Enhancing Human Capacities,Oxford: Blackwell pp. 127-137
Clarke, S. and Oakley, J. (2009), 'Surgeon Report Cards', in J. Healy and P. Dugdale (Eds.) Patient Safety First: Responsive Regulation in Health Care,Allen & Unwin pp. 221-236
Clarke, S. (2010), ' On New Technologies', in L. Floridi (Ed.) The Cambridge Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics, Cambridge, Cambridge University PresS: 234-248
Clarke, S., (2009), 'New Technologies, Common Sense and the Paradoxical Precautionary Principle', In M. Duwell and P. Sollie (Eds.), Evaluating New Technologies: Methodological Problems for the Assessment of Technological Developments, (pp. 159-173). Dordrecht:Springer.
Clarke, S., (2008), 'Some Optimism for the Pessimist: A Response to Nola', In L. Soler, H. Sankey and P. Hoyningen-Huene (Eds.), Rethinking Scientific Change and Theory Comparison: Stabilities, Ruptures, Incommensurabilities, (pp. 203-205). Dordrecht: Springer.
Clarke, S., (2007), 'Surgeons' Report Cards, Heuristics, Biases and Informed Decision Making', In S. Clarke and J. Oakley (Eds.), Informed Consent and Clinician Accountability: The Ethics of Report Cards on Surgeon Performance, (pp. 167-179). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Clarke, S. and Oakley, J., (2007), 'Accountability, Informed Consent and Clinician Report Cards', In S. Clarke and J. Oakley (Eds.), Informed Consent and Clinician Accountability: The Ethics of Report Cards on Surgeon Performance, (pp. 1-21). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Clarke, S. and Oakley, J., (2007), 'Informed Consent and Surgeons' Performance', In S. Clarke and J. Oakley (Eds.), Informed Consent and Clinician Accountability: The Ethics of Auditing and Reporting Surgeon Performance, (pp. 111-133). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Clarke, S. and Levy, N., (2006), 'On the Competence of Substance Users to Consent to Treatment Programs', In J. Kleinig and S. Einsteing (Eds.), Intervening in Drug Use: Ethical Challenges, (pp. 309-322). Huntsville TX: OICJ Press.
Clarke, S., (2006), 'Appealing to the Fundamental Attribution Error: Was It All a Big Mistake?' In D. Coady (Ed.), Conspiracy Theories: The Philosophical Debate, (pp. 129-132). Aldershot: Ashgate.
Clarke, S., (2006), 'Conspiracy Theories and Conspiracy Theorizing', In D. Coady (Ed.), Conspiracy Theories: The Philosophical Debate, (pp. 81-98). Aldershot: Ashgate.

Reviews

Clarke, S., (2008), 'Review of Marc D. Hauser "Moral Minds: How Nature Designed Our Universal Sense of Right and Wrong"', Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy,Vol: 46 pp. 147-150