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 50 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.
- 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
 
 - Synthetic gametes and the non-identity problem: the babies of tomorrow  (2025)  
- Trends in Genetics
 
 - Weighty matters: Ozempic, autonomy and the ethics of health reform  (2025)  
- Journal of Medical Ethics
 
 - Why not coercive pronatalism?  (2025)  
- Journal of Medical Ethics
 
 - Would Adopting Triple-Blind Review Increase Female Authorship in Interdisciplinary Journals? A Comment on Hassoun et al.  (2025)  
- Ethics
 
 - A critical take on procreative justice  (2024)  
- Bioethics
 
 - Biting the bullet on ethical veganism, antinatalism, and the demands of morality  (2024)  
- Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics
 
 - Comparing the Results of Two Surveys on the Views of Bioethicists  (2024)  
- American Journal of Bioethics
 
 - Defending the disease view of pregnancy: a reply to our critics  (2024)  
- Journal of Medical Ethics
 
 - Ectogestation for men : why aren't we talking about it?  (2024)  
- Journal of Medical Ethics
 
 - Fifty years of killing and letting die: On the limits of philosophical bioethics  (2024)  
- Bioethics
 
 - Is pregnancy a disease? A normative approach  (2024)  
- Journal of Medical Ethics
 
 - Personality Discrimination and the Wrongness of Hiring Based on Extraversion  (2024)  
- Journal of Business Ethics
 
 - Pitäisikö raskaus tulkita sairaudeksi?  (2024)  
- Lääkärilehti
 
 - Reconsidering the utilitarian link between veganism and antinatalism  (2024)  
- Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics
 
 - The grim view of online dating—Rethinking Tinder  (2024)  
- Theoria: a swedish journal of philosophy
 
 - Antinatalism : Solving everything everywhere all at once?  (2023)  
- Bioethics