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Professor Evangelos Protopapadakis

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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

 

Evangelos D. Protopapadakis

PhD, Professor of Applied Ethics

Director of the NKUA Applied Philosophy Research Laboratory Head of the Greek Unit, UNESCO Chair in Bioethics (Haifa)

 

School of Philosophy Department of Philosophy

University Campus, 15703 Zografos, Athens Office: +30 210 7277 574, Fax: +30 210 7277 535

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Curriculum Vitae

 

OVERVIEW: Evangelos D. Protopapadakis is Professor of Applied Ethics (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens); Director of the NKUAApplied Philosophy Research Laboratory; President of the Ethics and Deontology Committee of the National Center for Scientific Research “Democritos”; Member of the Hellenic National Commission for Bioethics and Technoethics; Head of the Greek Unit of the International Chair inBioethics (WMA Cooperation Center), Director of the MA Program AnimalWelfare, Ethics and the Law, Member of the Pan-Orthodox Committee of Bioethics of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople, Member of the Greek National Authority of Assisted Reproduction, and Member of  the Bioethics Committee of the Hellenic Pasteur Institute. He has published 4 books in Greek and 2 in English as the single author, as well as 12 edited volumes as the editor or the co-editor: 5 in English, 1 in Serbian and 6 in Greek. He has published more than 100 papers in domestic or international scientific journals and volumes. He is a member of several domestic and international philosophical societies; he is also  the Editor-in-Chief of Conatus – Journal of Philosophy.

 

 

SINGLE AUTHORSHIPS: 6 (4 in Greek, 2 in English).

EDITIONS – CO-EDITIONS: 11 (4 in English, 1 in Serbian, 6 in Greek).

ARTICLES IN JOURNALS – BOOK CHAPTERS: 92 [57 in Greek (omitted), 35 other].

CONFERENCES: 116 (80 DOMESTIC – not mentioned, 36 INTERNATIONAL)

 

ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7502-3117Scopus Author ID: 56606117100

WoS ResearcherID: B-2155-2019

 

1.  Education

 

1998-2002: PhD Thesis. School of Philosophy; Faculty of Philosophy, Pedagogy, Psychology; Sector of Philosophy. Title: “Euthanasia and Contemporary Bioethics”. Grade: Excellent.

1992-1997: BA. School of Philosophy; Faculty of Philosophy, Pedagogy, Psychology; Sector of Philosophy.

1987-1990: Anavrita Classical High School.

 

2.  Honors

 

2024: "Personalities 2023-2024," Academy of Greek Art Awards.

2021: Amicorti International Film Festival Jury Committee.

2016: International Development Project Award by Animals and Society Institute and Humane Society Institute for Science and Policy (15,000  US$).

2015: Head of the Greek Unit, UNESCO Chair in Bioethics (Haifa).

2012: Honorary Citizen of Chios and Oinouses Municipality.

1992-1996: Antonios Papadakis post-graduate studies scholarship.

 

3.  Teaching Experience

  1. a.  Undergraduate courses

 

2024-present: Professor of Applied Ethics, Department of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

 

2020-2024:   Associate   Professor   of   Applied   Ethics,   Department   of Philoosphy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

 

2014-2020:   Assistant   Professor   of   Applied   Ethics,   Department   of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

 

2010-2014: Lecturer of Applied Ethics, Faculty of Philosophy, Pedagogy, Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

 

2007-2010:   Adjunct    Lecturer,    Faculty    of    Philosophy,   Pedagogy, Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

 

2004-2007: Appointed Lecturer, Post-graduate Program “Philosophy” – Course “Ethics”, Faculty of Philosophy, Pedagogy, Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

 

2005-2007: Adult Education Program “Social Sciences - Humanities”, Hellenic-American Educational Foundation.

 

  1. b.  Graduate Programs

 

2019-today: Inter-institutional Postgraduate Program of Studies “Systematic Philosophy”, major: Practical Systematic Philosophy, School of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy and Pedagogy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

 

2019-today: Postgraduate Program of Studies “Religious Studies”, major: Bioethics and Religions, School of Theology, Department of Social  Theology and Religious Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

 

2017-today: Postgraduate Program of Studies “Surgical Oncology”,  School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

 

2017-today: Postgraduate Program of Studies “Psychological Healt Advancement – Prevention of Psychological Disorders”, School of  Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

 

2015-today: Post-graduate Program of Studies “Philosophy”, major “History of Philosophy”, Faculty of Philosophy, Pedagogy, Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

 

2015-today: Post-graduate Program of Studies “Toxicology”, University of Thessaly, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Larisa.

 

2012-2015: Post-graduate Program of Studies “Biotechnology – Quality of Nutrition and the Environment”, University of Thessaly, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Larisa.

 

2009-2014: Post-graduate Program of Studies “Moral Philosophy”, School of Humanities and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Philology.

 

2004-2014: Post-graduate Program of Studies “History of Philosophy”, major “Ethics”, Faculty of Philosophy, Pedagogy, Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

 

  1. c.  As a Visiting Professor

 

  1. 18-23 March 2019: University of Novi Sad, Serbia, School of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy. Four 3-hour lectures: 1. Consequentialism (course: Normative Ethics), 2. Error Theory (course: Metaethics), 3. A Hohfeldian Analysis of Rights (course: Applied Ethics), 4. Abortion (course: Main tendencies in Ethics).
  2. 20-26 May 2018: University of Novi Sad, Serbia, School of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy. Four 3-hour lectures: 1. Euthanasia (course: Applied Ethics), 2. Moral Enhancement (course: Applied Ethics), 3. Kantian and utilitarian ethics (course: Main tendencies in Ethics), 4. Aristotle and virtue ethics (course: Main tendencies in Ethics).
  3. 19-21 June 2017: Hannover, Germany, Hannover Hochschule, University for Applied Sciences and Arts, Fakultät III – Medien, Information und Design, International Summer Program on Bioethics. 3-hours lecture on: “Case Studies in Bioethics”.
  4. 7-12 May 2017: University of Novi Sad, Serbia, School of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy. Three 3-hour lectures: 1. Moral enhancement and behavioral control (course: Applied Ethics), 2. Abortion and Euthanasia (course: Applied Ethics), 3. Stoicism and Kantian ethics (course: Main tendencies in Ethics), Epicurean ethics and Utilitarianism (course: Main tendencies in Ethics).
  5. 29 November-1 December 2016: Hannover, Germany, Hannover Hochschule, University for Applied Sciences and Arts, Fakultät III – Medien, Information und Design, Under-graduate program of studies. One 3-hour invited lecture: “Informed Consent: What, why and how much”.

 

4. Administrative Experience

 

  1. 2016-today: Director of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Applied Philosophy Research Laboratory.
  2. 2016-today: Board Member of the Hellenic Pasteur Institute Bioethics Committee.
  3. 2016-today: Editor-in-Chief of the biannual open access peer- reviewed philosophical journal Conatus.
  4. 2015-2018: Board Member of Bioethics and Deontology Committee of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
  5. 2015-today: Head of the Greek Unit – UNESCO Chair in Bioethics (Haifa).
  6. 2015-today: Member of the Post-graduate Studies Committee, Post- graduate Program of Studies “Philosophy”, Faculty of Philosophy, Pedagogy, Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
  7. 2010-today: Member of the Post-Graduate Studies Committee, Post- graduate Program of Studies “Moral Philosophy”, School of  Humanities and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Philology.

 

5. Editorial Boards

 

  1. SineFilozofi since 2022, https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/sinefilozofi/board.
  2. Revista Bioética, Editorial Board since 2020, https://revistabioetica.cfm.org.br/index.php/revista_bioetica.
  3. Advances in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (ACAM), Associate Editor since 2018. https://crimsonpublishers.com/acam/.
  4. Bioethica, National Bioethics Commission, Greece, member of the Editorial Board since 2018.
  5. Acta Scientific Medical Sciences (ASMS), member of the Editorial Board since 2017. https://actascientific.com/ASMS.php.
  6. Signum, National Technical University of Athens, member of the Scientific Committee and the Editorial Board since 2017. http://aked.ntua.gr/journal_signum.html.
  7. Arhé, University of Novi Sad, Serbia, member of the Scientific Committee and the Editorial Board since 2017.
  8. Μέλος της Επιστημονικής Επιτροπής του περιοδικού Φιλοσοφίας Ελληνική Φιλοσοφική Επιθεώρηση από το 2016. Το περιοδικό εκδίδεται από την Ελληνική Φιλοσοφική Εταιρεία.
  9. The International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (IJFAB), Department of Philosophy του Michigan State University, peer reviewer since 2015. (Acknowledgements: IJFAB, 2015, vol. 8, no. 1).
  10. Reviewer: Georgios Gemistos Plethon: The Byzantine and the Latin Renaissance, edited by Jozef Matula and Paul Richard Blum (Olomouc: Univerzita Palachéhov Olomouci, 2014).
  11. Agrafa – Journal of Philosophy of Psychoanalysis, Philosophical Center of Psychoanalysis, University of Novi Sad, Serbia, member of the Scientific Committee and the Editorial Board from 2014 to 2016.

 

 

6. Philosophical Societies

 

  1. The Hume Society (since 1997).
  2. Hellenic Cancer Society (since 2005).
  3. Hellenic Society for Ethics (since 2007).
  4. Greek Philological Society (since 2008).
  5. Serbian Society for Ancient Studies (since 2011).
  6. Greek Philosophical Society (since 2010). General Secretary from 2012until 2014.
  7. UNESCO Chair in Bioethics (Haifa), Head of the Greek Unit. Chair of the “Autonomy in Medical Research and Practice” Research Line.

 

6. Publications

  1. a.  Books as the single author

 

  1. Evangelos D. Protopapadakis, Creating Unique Copies: Human Reproductive Cloning, Uniqueness, and Dignity (Berlin: Logos Verlag, 2023), 260 pages. ISBN 978-3-8325-5698-3. doi: https://doi.org/10.30819/5698.
  2. Evangelos D. Protopapadakis, From Dawn till Dusk: Bioethical  Insights into the Beginning and the End of Life (Berlin: Logos Verlag, 2019), 252 pages. ISBN 978-3-8325-4990-9. In English.
  3. Evangelos D. Protopapadakis, Cloning and Bioethics: Human Cloning and Rights (Athens: Papazisis, 2013), 210 pages. ISBN 978-960-02- 2782-6. In Greek.
  4. Evangelos D. Protopapadakis, Environmental Ethics: Arne Naess and the Deep Ecology Platform (Athens – Komotini: Antonios Sakkoulas, 2008), 165 pages. ISBN 978-960-15-2081-0. In Greek.
  5. Evangelos D. Protopapadakis, Ecological Ethics (Athens – Komotini: Antonios Sakkoulas, 2005), 152 pages. ISBN 960-15-1365-5. In Greek.
  6. Evangelos D. Protopapadakis, Euthanasia and Contemporary Bioethics (Athens – Komotini: Antonios Sakkoulas, 2003), 188 pages. ISBN 960-15-0880-5. In Greek.

 

b.  Editions – Co-editions

 

  1. Evangelos D. Protopapadakis, and Georgios Arabatzis (eds.), Modernity and Contemporaneity (Athens: The NKUA Applied Philosophy Research Lab Press, 2022), 254 pages. ISBN 978-618- 85619-4-6, e-ISBN 978-618-85619-5-3. In English.
  2. George Arabatzis, George Vlachakis, and Evangelos D. Protopapadakis (eds.), Homer and the Greek Thought (Athens: The Constitutional Discourse Laboratory, 2019), 160 pages. ISBN 978- 618-84298-5-7. In Greek.
  3. Eleni Kalokairinou, Evangelos D. Protopapadakis, and Triantafillia Zelka (eds.), Man and Assisted Reproduction  Techniques (Thessaloniki: Synchroni Paideia, 2019), 250 pages. ISBN 978-960- 357-129-2. In Greek.
  4. George Arabatzis, and Evangelos D. Protopapadakis (eds.), Thinking in Action (Athens: NKUA Applied Philosophy Research Lab Press, 2018) 138 pages. ISBN 978-618-83729-0-0, e-ISBN 978-618-83729- 1-7. In English.
  5. Konstantine Boudouris, Costas Dimitracopoulos, and Evangelos Protopapadakis (eds.), Selected Papers from the XXIII World Congress of Philosophy (Charlottesville, Virginia: Philosophy Documentation Center, 2015), 440 pages. ISBN 978-1-63435-001-3. In English.
  6. Maria Bottis, Evangelos D. Protopapadakis, and Fereniki Panagopoulou-Koutnatzi (eds.), Bioethical Considerations: The Child (Athens: Papazisis, 2018), 456 pages. ISBN 978-960-02-3369-8. In Greek.
  7. Evangelos Manolas, and Evangelos D. Protopapadakis (eds.), Climate Change: An Inter-disciplinary Approach (Orestiada:  Thrace Democritus University, 2015), 168 pages. ISBN 978-960-9698-11-5. In Greek.
  8. Duska Franeta i Evangelos Protopapadakis (eds.), Primenjena Etika [Applied Ethics] (Novi Sad: Mediterran Publishing, 2014), 314 pages. ISBN 9788686689900. With an extensive introduction. In Serbian.
  9. Evangelos Manolas, Evangelos D. Protopapadakis, and George Tsantopoulos (eds.), International Environmental Policy: Confronting the Future (Orestiada: Thrace Democritus University, 2013), 243 pages. ISBN 978-960-9698-06-1. In Greek.
  10. Evangelos D. Protopapadakis (ed.), Animal Ethics: Past and Present Perspectives (Berlin: Logos Verlag, 2012), 298 pages. ISBN 978-3- 8325-2999-4. With an extensive introduction. In English.
  11. Evangelos D. Protopapadakis and Evangelos Manolas (eds.), Environmental Ethics: Challenges and Prospects for the 21st Century (Orestiada: Thrace Democritus University, 2012), 220 pages. ISBN 978-960-9698-02-3. In Greek.

 

c.  Papers – Book Chapters

(In English, unless otherwise mentioned)

 

  1. Kosteletos, George, Ioanna Zioga, Evangelos D. Protopapadakis, Andrie G. Panayiotou, Konstantinos Kontoangelos, and Charalabos Papageorgiou. “The Consequentialist Scale: Translation  and Empirical Investigation in a Greek Sample.” Heliyon 9, no. 6 (2023): e18386. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18386.
  2. Protopapadakis, Evangelos D. “Messing with Autobiographical Memory: Identity, and Moral Status.” International Dialogue East- West 4 (2022): 175-181.
  3. Christos Yapijakis, Evangelos D. Protopapadakis, and George P. Chrousos, “Philosophical Management of Stress based on Science and Epicurean Pragmatism: A Pilot Study,” Conatus – Journal of Philosophy 7, no. 2 (2022): 229-242. Doi: 10.12681/cjp.28077.
  4. Panagiotis Kormas, Antonia Moutzouri, and Evangelos D. Protopa- padakis, “Implications of Neuroplasticity to the Philosophical Debate of Free Will and Determinism,” in Handbook of Computational Neuro- degeneration, edited by Panagiotis Vlamos, Ilias S. Kotsireas, and Io- annis Tarnanas, 1-19 (Cham: Springer, 2022). Doi: 10.1007/978-3- 319-75479-6_21-1.
  5. George Arabatzis, and Evangelos D. Protopapadakis, “Luc Besson’s Fifth Element and the Notion of Quintessence,” in Philosophy and Film: Conference Proceedings, edited by Ana Dishlieska Mitova, 69-76 (Skopje: Philosophical Society of North Macedonia, 2022).
  6. Ioanna Zioga, George Kosteletos, Evangelos D. Protopapadakis, Christos Papageorgiou, Konstantinos Kontoangelos, and Charalabos Papageorgiou, “The Fox and the Lion: Investigating Associations between Empathy and Emotion Perspective-taking in  Aesop’s Fables,” Psychology 13, no. 4 (2022): 482-513. DOI: 10.4236/psych.2022.134033.
  7. Andrie G. Panayiotou, and Evangelos D. Protopapadakis, “Ethical Issues Concerning the Use of Data from Commercially Available Wearable Sensors in Children,” Jahr – European Journal of Bioethics 13, no. 1 (2022): 9-22. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21860/j.13.1.1.
  8. Evangelos D. Protopapadakis, “Is Morality Immune to Luck, after All? Criminal Behavior and the Paradox of Moral Luck,” in Modernity and Contemporaneity, edited by Evangelos D. Protopapadakis, and Georgios Arabatzis, 161-180 (Athens: The NKUA Applied Philosophy Research Lab Press, 2022).
  9. Evangelos D. Protopapadakis, “The Ethics of Doping: Between Paternalism and Duty,” Pannoniana: Journal of Humanities 4, no. 1 (2020): 35-49.
  10. Evangelos D. Protopapadakis, “Migration Crisis, and the Duty of Hospitality: A Kantian Discussion,” Megjunaroden dijalog: Istok- Zapad 7, no. 4 (2020): 152-131.
  11. Evangelos D. Protopapadakis, “The ‘Right to Die’ Revisited,” in Bioethics: The Sign of a New Era, edited by Dejan Donev, 53-65 (Skopje: Center for Integrative Bioethics, 2020).
  12. Savulescu, Julian, and Evangelos D. Protopapadakis, “Ethical Minefields and the Voice of Common Sense: A Discussion with Julian Savulescu,” Conatus – Journal of Philosophy 4, no. 1 (2019): 125-133, DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/cjp.19712.
  13. “What Do We Need Bioethics for? Editorial,” Advances in Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2, no. 3 (2018): 140-141, DOI: https://doi.org//10.31031/ACAM.2018.02.000537.
  14. “Why Letting Die instead of Killing? Choosing Active Euthanasia on Moral Grounds”, in Proceedings of the 23rd World Congress of Philosophy. Volume III: Bioethics, 85-90 (Charlottesville, Virginia: Philosophy Documentation Center, 2018). DOI: https://doi.org/10.5840/wcp232018394.
  15. “Placebo: Deception and the notion of autonomy”, in Thinking in Action (Hellenic-Serbian Philosophical Dialogue Series), edited by George Arabatzis & Evangelos Protopapadakis, 103-115 (Athens: NKUA Applied Philosophy Research Lab Press, 2018).
  16. “In Defense of Pharmaceutically Enhancing  Human  Morality”, Current Therapeutic Research 86 (2017): 9-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.curtheres.2017.01.004.
  17. “Earth as a Life-Raft and Ethics as the Raft's Axe”, in From Humanism to Meta-, Post- and Transhumanism?, edited by Irina Deretic and Stefan Lorenz Sorgner, 227-242 (Frankfurt am Maine: Peter Lang, 2016). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3726/978-3-653-05483- 5.
  18. “Izmedu cinjenja i propustanja: etika aktivne i pasivne eutanazije”, in Primenjena Etika, edited by Duska Franetta and Evangelos Protopapadakis, 183-199 (Novi Sad: Mediterran Publishing, 2014). In Serbian.
  19. “Primenjena etika – kratak pregled”, in Primenjena Etika, edited by Duska Franetta and Evangelos Protopapadakis, 11-21 (Novi Sad: Mediterran Publishing, 2014). In Serbian.
  20. „Das Ratzel des Bosen“, in Ommasin Allois: Festschrift für Professor Ioannis E. Theodoropoulos zum 65. Geburtstag, edited by M. Stork and V. Pantazis, 71-85 (Essen: Oldib, 2014). In German.
  21. “Environmental Ethics and Linkola's Ecofascism: An Ethics Beyond Humanism”, Frontiers of Philosophy in China 9.4 (2014): 586-601. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3868/s030-003-014-0048-3.
  22. “Death is Nothing to Us: A Critical Analysis of the Epicurean Views Concerning the Dread of Death”, in Antiquity and Modern World: Interpretations of Antiquity, edited by Ksenija Maricki Gadjanski, 316- 323 (Belgrade: The Serbian Society for Ancient Studies, 2014).
  23. “Clones, Prototypes and the Right to Uniqueness”, Agrafa-Časopis za filozofiju psihoanalize 2 (2014): 40-43.
  24. “Le Principe Nullum Crimen, Nulla Poena Sine Lege, les Crimes Extra Ordinem et l’Ethique du Droit”, in George Arabatzis (editor), L’ Actualité de la Pensee Byzantine – Byzantinische Versuchungen, Internationale Zeitschrift für Byzantinistik, edited by W. E. Kaegi Jr., Band XXXI (2013), 143-158 (Amsterdam: Verlag Adolf M. Hakkert, 2013). In French.
  25. “From Conceivability to Existence and then to Ethics: Parmenides' Being, Anselm's God and Spinoza's Rejection of Evil”, Journal of Classical Studies MS 15 (2013): 149-156.
  26. “The Stoic Notion of Cosmic Sympathy in Contemporary Environmental Ethics”, in Antiquity, Modern World and Reception of Ancient Culture, 290-305 (Belgrade: The Serbian Society for Ancient Studies, 2012).
  27. "Climate Change: A Challenge for Ethics", in English through Climate Change, edited by W. Leal-Filho and E. Manolas, 167-178 (Orestiada: Democritus University of Thrace, 2012).
  28. “Animal Rights, or just Human Wrongs”, in Animal Ethics: Past and Present Perspectives, edited by E. D. Protopapadakis, 279-291  (Berlin: Logos Verlag, 2012).
  29. “Introduction to Animal Ethics”, in Animal Ethics: Past and Present Perspectives, edited by E. D. Protopapadakis, 15-28 (Berlin: Logos Verlag, 2012).
  30. “A Cool Hand on my Feverish Forehead, an even Better Samaritan and the Ethics of Abortion”, Philosophy Study 2.2 (2012): 115-123, DOI: https://doi.org/10.17265/2159-5313/2012.02.005.
  31. “Epictetus’ Smoky Chamber: A Study on Rational Suicide as a Moral Choice”, in Antiquity and Modern World: Religion and Culture, 279- 292 (Belgrade: The Serbian Society for Ancient Studies, 2011).
  32. “Should the Baby Live? Abortion and Infanticide: When Ontology Overlaps Ethics and Peter Singer Echoes the Stoics”, in Ancient Culture, European and Serbian Heritage, 396-407 (Novi Sad:  Scientific Publications of the Serbian Society for Ancient Studies, 2010).
  33. “Supernatural Will and Organic Unity in Process: From Spinoza’s Naturalistic Pantheism to Arne Naess’ New Age Ecosophy T and Environmental Ethics”, in Studies on Supernaturalism, edited by G. Arabatzis, 173-193 (Berlin: Logos Verlag, 2009).
  34. “Notions of the Stoic Value Theory in Contemporary Debates: Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide”, Journal of Classical Studies MS 11 (2009): 213-221.
  35. “The Mainframe for an Adequate and Effective Environmental  Ethics”, Skepsis, A Journal for Philosophy and Inter-disciplinary Research, Volume XIX/ii (Berlin: Akademia Verlag, 2008), pp. 282- 292,ISSN 978-3-89665-470-0.

 

d.  Translations

  1. Roger Scruton, Spinoza: A Very Short Introduction (Athens: Ellinika Grammata, 2006).
  2. Patrick Gardiner, Kierkegaard: A Very Short Introduction (Athens: Ellinika Grammata, 2006).
  3. Bhikhu Parekh, Ghandi: A Very Short Introduction (Athens: Ellinika Grammata, 2006).
  4. John Monaghan and Peter Just, Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction (Athens: Ellinika Grammata, 2007).
  5. David  Hopkins,  Dada  and  Surrealism:  A  Very  Short    Introduction (Athens: Ellinika Grammata, 2007).

 

e.   Scientific Editor

 

  1. Jonathan Howard,  Darwin: A Very  Short  Introduction, translated by Lekka (Athens: Ellinika Grammata, 2006).
  2. Steve Edwards, Photography: A Very Short Introduction, translated by Kotsakis (Athens: Ellinika Grammata, 2007).
  3. Nicholas Cook, Music: A Very Short Introduction, translated by Ι. Foulias (Athens: Ellinika Grammata, 2007).
  4. Raymond Wacks, Philosophy of Law: A Very Short Introduction, translated by G. Steiris (Athens: Ellinika Grammata, 2006).
  5. Germaine Greer, Shakespeare: A Very Short Introduction, translated by V. Giannakopoulou (Athens: Ellinika Grammata, 2006).
  6. Edward Craig, Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction, translated by P. Papaioannou (Athens: Ellinika Grammata, 2006).
  7. Michael Inwood, Heidegger: A Very Short Introduction, translated    by A. Antoniou (Athens: Ellinika Grammata, 2006).
  8. Robert Segal, Myth: A Very Short Introduction, translated by F.  Micheli (Athens: Ellinika Grammata, 2007).
  9. Richard Tuck, Hobbes: A Very Short Introduction, translated by G. Arabatzis (Athens: Ellinika Grammata, 2006).
  10. Jonathan Barnes, Aristotle: A Very Short Introduction, translated  by E. Leontsini (Athens: Ellinika Grammata, 2006).
  11. Geraldine A. Johnson, Renaissance Art: A Very Short Introduction, translated by M. Laiou (Athens: Ellinika Grammata, 2007).

 

7. Conferences

(oldest to newest – only non-domestic are mentioned)

 

  1. International Scientific Symposium “Ancient Culture and its Legacy”. Venue: Belgrade and Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia. Date: 24-27 September 2009. Organized by: University of Belgrade and the Serbian Society for Ancient Studies. Presentation: “Should the Baby Live? Abortion and Infanticide: When Ontology Overlaps Ethics and Peter Singer Echoes the Stoics”.
  2. 2nd International Meeting on Environmental Ethics. Venue: Athens, Main Building of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.  Date: 19 June 2010. Organized by: Department of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology. Presentation: “Ecological Fascism: The Case of Kaarlo Pentti Linkola”.
  3. International Scientific Symposium “Antiquity and Modern World: Religion and Culture”. Venue: The School of Philosophy, Belgrade, Serbia. Date: 1-3 October 2010. Organized by: University of Belgrade – School   of Philosophy and the Serbian Society for Ancient Studies. Presentation: “Epictetus’ Smoky Chamber: A Study on Rational Suicide as a Moral Choice”.
  4. International Scientific Symposium “Antiquity and Modern World”. Venue: The School of Philosophy, Belgrade, Serbia. Date: 9 September 2011. Organized by: University of Belgrade and the Serbian Society for Ancient Studies. Presentation: “The Stoic Notion of Cosmic Sympathy in Contemporary Environmental Ethics”.
  5. International Scientific Symposium “Antiquity and Modern World, Reception in Philosophy, Science and History”. Venue: The School of Philosophy, Belgrade, Serbia. Date: 12-14 October 2012. Organized by: University of Belgrade and the Serbian Society for Ancient Studies. Presentation: “From Conceivability to Existence and then to Ethics: Parmenides’ Being, Anselm’s God and Spinoza’s Rejection of Evil”.
  6. International Zagreb Applied Ethics Conference 2013. Venue: Borongaj Campus, Zagreb, Croatia. Date: 12-14 June 2013. Organized by: University of Zagreb, Center for Croatian Studies, and Croatian Society for the Advancement of Philosophy. Presentation: “Cloning and the Right to a Unique Identity”.
  7. XXIII World Congress of Philosophy “Philosophy as Inquiry and Way of Life”. Venue: School of Philosophy, University Campus, Athens. Date: 4-10 August 2013. Organized by: Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie and the Greek Philosophical Scociety. Presentation: “Why Letting Die Instead of Killing? Choosing Active Euthanasia on Moral Grounds”.
  8. XXIII World Congress of Philosophy “Philosophy as Inquiry and Way of Life”. Venue: School of Philosophy, University Campus, Athens. Date: 4-10 Αυγούστου 2013. Organized by: Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie and the Greek Philosophical Scociety. Round Table: «C. I. Despotopoulos: The Man and the Philosopher». Presentation: “Constantinos Despotopoulos as a Moral Philosopher”.
  9. XXIII World Congress of Philosophy “Philosophy as Inquiry and Way of Life”. Venue: School of Philosophy, University Campus, Athens. Date: 4-10 Αυγούστου 2013. Organized by: Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie and the Greek Philosophical Scociety. Round Table: “Hellenic and Chinese Philosophy Meeting». Presentation: “Epicurean Hedonism”.
  10. XXIII World Congress of Philosophy “Philosophy as Inquiry and Way of Life”. Venue: School of Philosophy, University Campus, Athens. Date: 4-10 Αυγούστου 2013. Organized by: Fédération Internationale des Sociétés  de  Philosophie  and  the  Greek  Philosophical  Scociety.  Round Table: “The Significance of Moral Philosophy in Greece Today”. Presentation: “Parmenides’ Influence on Spinoza’s Ethics”.
  11. International Conference “Social values in Greek literature”. Venue: Department of Philology, University of Peloponnese, Kalamata. Date:   27-31 Marh 2014. Organized by: Department of Humanities and Cultural Studies, University of Peloponnese. Presentation: “Some thoughts on active euthanasia under the light of the utilitarian tradition”.
  12. Bioethics and Law - the Case of Surrogate Motherhood: Expecting the New Civil Code. Venue: School of Law, Belgrade University, Serbia. Date: 12 March 2015. Organized by: Τhe Serbian Society for Legal and Social Philosophy and the Law School of the Belgrade University. Presentation: “Surrogacy and the right to abortion”.
  13. International Zagreb Applied Ethics Conference 2015. Venue: Borongjai Campus, Zagreb, Croatia. Date: 29 June – 1 July 2015. Organized by: University of Zagreb – Center for Croatian Studies. Presentation: “Truth-telling and medical duty: placebo treatments and potential moral conflicts”.
  14. UNESCO Chair in Bioethics 11th World Conference “Bioethics,  Medical Ethics and the Law”. Venue: Naples, Italy. Date: 17-22 October 2015. Organized by: UNESCO Chair in Bioethics (Haifa). Presentation: “Is autonomy somewhat overestimated in medical practice? A study concerning medical duty, truth telling and placebo treatments”.
  15. International Conference “Corpus Aristotelicum in the 21st Century”. Venue: Yalta, Ukraine. Date: 14-15 April 2016. Organized by: V. I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University. Presentation: “Do Kantian and Utilitarian ethics share an Aristotelian backbone?” [e-presence].
  16. International Conference on Health Research 2016 “Ethics, Policies and Practice for Patient Benefit”. Venue: Expo Plaza Campus, Hannover University for Applied Sciences and Arts. Date: 7-9 June 2016. Organized by: Hannover University for Applied Sciences and Arts. Presentation: “The autonomy of the moral agent in clinical research”.
  17. Applied Ethics Seminar. Venue: Expo Plaza Campus, Hannover University for Applied Sciences and Arts. Date: 29 November – 1  December 2016. Organized by: Hannover University for Applied Sciences and Arts. Presentation: “Informed Consent (IC): What, why and how much?”.
  18. International Conference “War and peace”. Venue: Yalta, Ukraine. Date: 25-26 February 2017. Organized by: V. I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, P.G. Demidov Yaroslavl State University. Presentation: “Kant’s sweet dream of perpetual peace. Is it an impossible one?” [e- presence].
  19. UNESCO Chair in Bioethics 12th World Conference “Bioethics, Medical Ethics and the Law”. Venue: Limassol, Cyprus. Date: 19-23 March 2017. Organized by: UNESCO Chair in Bioethics (Haifa). Presentation: “Moral enhancement and the issue of autonomy: An alternative Kantian perspective”.
  20. Hellenic-Serbian Philosophical Meeting. Venue: House of Cyprus, The Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in Athens. Date: 1 June 2017. Organized by: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens,  Department of Philosophy of the University of Novi Sad, the Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in Athens. Presentation: “Medical practice and the issue of autonomy”.
  21. International Summer Program in Clinical Research – ISP2017. Venue: Expo Plaza Campus, Hannover University for Applied Sciences  and Arts. Date: 19 -21 Ιουνίου 2017. Organized by: Hannover University for Applied Sciences and Arts. Presentation: “Case studies in Bioethics”.
  22. Conference “Industry 4.0”. Venue: Parliament of Representatives, Nicosia, Cyprus. Date: 22 June 2017. Organized by: The Parliament of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus. Presentation: “Optogenetics, the God machine and the autonomy of the moral agent”.
  23. Hellenic-Serbian Philosophical Meeting. Venue: Great Hall, University of Novi Sad, Serbia. Date: 23 May 2018. Organized by: Department of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad. Presentation: “The Right to Die and  the Issue of Passive Euthanasia”.
  24. 1st Scientific Summit on Tobacco Harm Reduction: Novel Products, Research and Policy. Venue: Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Athens. Date: 9 June 2018. Organized by: University of Thessaly & University of Patras. Presentation: “Smoking: Ethical Issues”.
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