Seppe Segers is a professor of ethics and moral science at the department of Philosophy and Moral Sciences, Ghent University.
His main research and teaching interests concern the domains of theoretical and substantive ethics, moral science and value theory.
This spans various topics, including ethical questions regarding speculation, imagination, conceptualization, interpretation and specification in moral theory and practice, and broader themes within moral epistemology, as well as moral questions pertaining to stem cell research, genome editing, assisted reproduction, parenthood, neonatal intensive care and ectogestation. Part of his research is dedicated to the study of the ethical relevance of ‘need’, ‘desire’, ‘hope’, ‘guilt’, ‘blame’ and ‘anger’. He is particularly keen on working from critical, coherentist, feminist perspectives.
Seppe is presently co-supervising PhD research on the study of shifting moral responsibilities in healthcare as part of the ‘DIME’ ERC project led by Heidi Mertes, and supervising PhD research on the BOF-funded project 'Current challenges in value theory: a moral scientific approach'. On the Dutch HipGametes consortium, he is supervising postdoctoral research into the ethical issues pertaining to in vitro generation of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived gametes.
Seppe is the former secretary of the Bioethics Institute Ghent and the current Senior Deputy of the Special Interest Group Ethics and Law of ESHRE. He is also member of the Federal Commission for Medical and Scientific Research on Embryos in-vitro. His work is widely published in international peerreviewed journals and he is an often invited speaker to academic and public events.
A link to his bibliography.
E-mail: Seppe.Segers@UGent.be
