Joona Räsänen
PhD
joona.rasanen@utu.fi |
Bioethics; Applied Philosohy; Medical Ethics; Discrimination
I am a Finnish bioethicist and moral philosopher working at the Turku Institute for Advanced Studies and Department of Philosophy, Contemporary History and Political Science. Previously I have held research positions at the University of Oslo and Aarhus University.
I have authored around 60 international publications and my work has appeared it Ethics, Ratio, Trends in Genetics, Journal of Business Ethics, The American Journal of Bioethics, among others.
I am an editorial board member of the Journal of Medical Ethics, Bioethics, and BMC Medical Ethics. I am also the Section Editor for Biomedical Ethics for the third edition of the Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics and a regional editor for JME Practical Bioethics.
I work on my research project FETISH – Fairness and Equality in Technological Impact on Sexual Health (suom. Filosofia, Etiikka ja Teknologia Intiimisuhteissa Seksuaaliterveydessä ja Hyvinvoinnissa).
I have taught applied ethics, bioethics and introductuion to philosophy and ethics at the University of Oslo, Aarhus University and University of Turku.
- Applying Phenomenology of Pregnancy in Abortion Debate (2026)
- American Journal of Bioethics
- OnlyFans and Deep Fake Porn – Can We Accept the Former but Condemn the Latter? (2026)
- The new bioethics
- Informed Consent and Transformative Experiences in Psychedelic Therapy: A Nuanced Approach (2025)
- American Journal of Bioethics
- Introduction to the Special Issue on Discrimination and Ethics in Dating and Sex (2025)
- Theoria: a swedish journal of philosophy
- Missing references and citations at Google Scholar (2025)
- Bioethics
- Narrative Hermeneutics and Bioethics: Understanding the Psychedelic Value Changes (2025)
- American Journal of Bioethics
- Puolivuosisataa eutanasiakeskustelua (2025)
- Sosiaalilääketieteellinen Aikakauslehti
- Synthetic gametes and the non-identity problem: the babies of tomorrow (2025)
- Trends in Genetics
- Unexpecting: abortion, informed consent and transformative experiences (2025)
- Journal of Medical Ethics
- Weighty matters: Ozempic, autonomy and the ethics of health reform (2025)
- Journal of Medical Ethics



