Assoc Prof Justin Oakley - Researcher Profile

Justin Oakley

Address

School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies
Faculty of Arts, Clayton

Biography

Associate Professor Justin Oakley BA, PhD (Philosophy) is Deputy Director of the Monash University Centre for Human Bioethics. He is the author of Morality and the Emotions (Routledge, 1993), and Virtue Ethics and Professional Roles (with Dean Cocking) (Cambridge University Press, 2001), and is editor of Informed Consent and Clinician Accountability: The ethics of report cards on surgeon performance (with Steve Clarke) (Cambridge University Press, 2007), and Bioethics (Ashgate, International Library of Essays in Public and Professional Ethics, 2009). He has published articles in international journals on the ethics of clinical trials, informed consent, surrogate motherhood, surgeon report cards, whistleblowing, reproductive cloning, and various topics in ethical theory. Justin is also co-editor of the quarterly refereed journal Monash Bioethics Review.

Justin teaches clinicians and other professionals in the Master of Bioethics course at Monash, along with an undergraduate philosophy subject on the moral psychology of evil. He is currently working on a project on virtue ethics and medical conflicts of interest, and a project on the moral significance of genetic parenthood and the regulation of assisted reproduction.

Qualifications

PHD
Institution: La Trobe University
Year awarded: 1989
BA
Institution: Swinburne University of Technology
Year awarded: 1981

Publications

Books

Oakley, J.G. (ed), 2009, Bioethics, Ashgate, Farnham, UK.

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

Oakley, J.G., Cocking, D., 2001, Virtue Ethics and Professional Roles, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK.

Book Chapters

Cocking, D., Oakley, J., 2010, Professional interpretation and judgement, and the integrity of lawyers, in Professional Ethics and Personal Integrity, eds Tim Dare and W. Bradley Wendel, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne UK, pp. 68-78.

Oakley, J.G., 2009, A virtue ethics approach, in A Companion to Bioethics, eds Helga Khuse and Peter Singer, Wiley-Blackwell, Malden, MA, USA. OXford, UK., pp. 91-104.

Oakley, J.G., Clarke, S., 2009, Surgeon report cards and patient safety, in Patient Safety First: Responsive Regulation in Health Care, eds Judith Healy and Paul Dugdale, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, Australia, pp. 221-236.

Oakley, J.G., 2007, An ethical analysis of the defensive surgery objection to individual surgeon report cards, in Informed Consent and Clinician Accountability: The Ethics of Report Cards on Surgeon Performance, eds Steve Clarke and Justin Oakley, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 243-254.

Oakley, J.G., Clarke, S.R., 2007, Introduction: Accountability, informed consent and clinician performance information, in Informed Consent and Clinician Accountability: The Ethics of Report Cards on Surgeon Performance, eds Steve Clarke and Justin Oakley, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 1-21.

Oakley, J.G., 2007, 'Patients and Disclosure of Surgical Risk', in Principles of Health Care Ethics, eds Richard E Ashcroft, Angus Dawson, Heather Draper, John R. McMillan, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, UK, pp. 319-324.

Oakley, J.G., 2007, 'Virtue Theory', in Principles of Health Care Ethics, eds Richard E Ashcroft, Angus Dawson, Heather Draper, John R. McMillan, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, UK, pp. 87-91.

Oakley, J.G., 2003, Medical ethics, history of Australia and New Zealand, in Encyclopedia of Bioethics, eds Stephen G Post, Macmillan, New York NY USA, pp. 1553-1555.

Oakley, J., 1998, A virtue ethics approach, in A Companion to Bioethics, Blackwell, Oxford UK, pp. 86-97.

Oakley, J., 1997, The morality of breaching confidentiality to protect others, in Health Care Law and Ethics, Social Science Press, Katoomba NSW, pp. 109-131.

Journal Articles

Brown, D., Clarke, S., Oakley, J.G., 2012, Cardiac surgeon report cards, referral for cardiac surgery, and the ethical responsibilities of cardiologists, Journal of the American College of Cardiology [P], vol 59, issue 25, Elsevier Incorporated, USA, pp. 2378-2382.

Oakley, J., 2011, Justice, post-retirement shame, and the failure of the standard conception of lawyers' roles, Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy [P], vol 36, Australian Society of Legal Philosophy, Australia, pp. 177-184.

Oakley, J., 2010, Trust and suspicion in the doctor-patient relationship, Australian Review of Public Affairs [P], vol E, University of Sydney, Faculty of Economics and Business, Sydney, pp. 1-6.

Oakley, J.G., 2009, Respecting participant autonomy and the disclosure of clinical trial results, American Journal Of Bioethics [P], vol 9, issue 8, Taylor and Francis, US, p. 38.

Oakley, J.G., 2009, Surgeon report cards, clinical realities, and the quality of patient care., Monash bioethics review [P], vol 28, issue 3, Monash University ePress, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 21.1-21.6.

Oakley, J.G., 2006, Reproductive cloning and arguments from potential., Monash Bioethics Review, vol 25, issue 1, Centre for Human Bioethics, Monash University, Clayton Vic Australia, pp. 42-47.

Oakley, J.G., Cocking, D., 2005, Consequentialism, complacency, and slippery slope arguments, Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, vol 26, issue 3, Springer-Verlag, Dordrecht The Netherlands, pp. 227-239.

Bolsin, S., Faunce, T., Oakley, J.G., 2005, Practical virtue ethics: healthcare whistleblowing and portable digital technology, Journal of Medical Ethics, vol 31, issue 10, BMJ Publishing Group, UK, pp. 612-618.

Marasco, S., Ibrahim, J.E., Oakley, J.G., 2005, Public disclosure of surgeon-specific report cards: current status of the debate, ANZ Journal of Surgery, vol 75, issue 11, Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 1000-1004.

Clarke, S., Oakley, J.G., Neil, D.A., Ibrahim, J.E., 2005, Public reporting of individual surgeon performance, Medical Journal Of Australia [P], vol 183, issue 10, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty. Ltd., Australia, p. 543.

Oakley, J.G., White, L., 2005, Whistleblowing, virtue, and accountability in an age of precarious employment, Just Policy, vol 37, Victorian Council of Social Service, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 64-70.

Oakley, J.G., 2004, Commentary, Journal Of Medical Ethics [P], vol 30, BMJ Group, London, p. 385.

Clarke, S.R., Oakley, J.G., 2004, Informed consent and surgeons' performance, Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, vol 29, issue 1, Swets & Zeitlinger, The Netherlands, pp. 11-35.

Neil, D.A., Clarke, S.R., Oakley, J.G., 2004, Public reporting of individual surgeon performance information: United Kingdom developments and Australian issues, The Medical Journal of Australia, vol 181, issue 5, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty Ltd, Australia, pp. 266-268.

Oakley, J.G., 2002, Democracy, embryonic stem cell research, and the Roman Catholic church, Journal of Medical Ethics, vol 28, issue 4, BMJ Publishing Group, UK, p. 228.

Oakley, J.G., McSherry, B., 2001, Indicators of risk-adjusted clinical performance, Journal of Law and Medicine, vol 8, issue 3, LBC Information Services, Pyrmont NSW Australia, pp. 240-244.

Oakley, J., 1999, Exhausted Carers, neglected patients and filial duties: when and how should health professionals intervene in family caregiving arrangements?, Monash Bioethics Review, vol 18 no 3, Centre for Human Bioethics, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 8-16.

Oakley, J., Cocking, D., 1999, The Ethics of Professional Detachment, Journal of Law and Medicine, vol 7 no 2, LBC Information Services, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 150-155.

Oakley, J., 1998, Booknote on "Ethics, Law and Medical Practice", Bioethics, vol 12 no 2, Blackwell, Oxford Uk, p. 260.

Conference Proceedings

Oakley, J., Cocking, D., 1998, Doing justice to the lawer's role, Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics, Melbourne 30/9/97-3/10/97, University of Melbourne, Centre for Phil. & Pub., Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 77-86.

Oakley, J., 1998, Family Carers and the role of the health professional, Expanding the Horizons of Bioethics, Melbourne, 3-6 April 1997, Australian Bioethics Association, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 139-142.

Other

Oakley, J.G., 2012, 'After-birth abortion' and arguments from potential, Monash bioethics review [P], vol journal, issue 1, Centre for Human Bioethics, Monash University, Australia, pp. 58-60.

Oakley, J.G., 2001, Humane After All ?, Review of Allen Wood, Kant's Ethical Thought; Robert B Louden, Kant's Impure Ethics; G. Felicitas Munzel, Kant's Cobception of Moral Character, Thomas E. Hill, Respect, Pluralism and Justice, The Times Literary Supplement, Australia, pp. 10-11.

Oakley, J., 1997, Applied Ethics, Routledge History of Philosophy, vol philosophy of meaning, knowledge and value in the twentieth century, Routledge, London UK, pp. 364-396.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Cosmetic Psychopharmacology: Can We Avoid a Slide Towards Inauthenticity?.
Supervisors:
Oakley, J (Main), Sparrow, R (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Ethics of hope in health care..
Supervisors:
Oakley, J (Main), Selgelid, M (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
H+ or H-? The Case of Human Enhancement.
Supervisors:
Sparrow, R (Main), Oakley, J (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Justice in international biomedical research: A moral defense of (contribution model) intellectual property rights and health rights.
Supervisors:
Oakley, J (Main), Zion, D (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Neuroenhancement and the nature of the self.
Supervisors:
Oakley, J (Main), Selgelid, M (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Sweet little lies: the ethics of placebo use in clinical practice.
Supervisors:
Oakley, J (Main), Selgelid, M (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
The Case for Reform of Ethical Review Processes for Epidemiologic Public Health Surveillance Program.
Supervisors:
Selgelid, M (Main), Oakley, J (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
The Ethical Implications Addressing the Shortage of Transplantable Organs using Financial Incentives.
Supervisors:
Selgelid, M (Main), Oakley, J (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
The Mad Scientist from Frankenstein to Fringe: Transmedia Bioethics and the Image of the Scientist.
Supervisors:
Oakley, J (Main), Khoo, O (Associate), Milner, A (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
The philosophical and ethical implications of interventions to prevent childhood obesity.
Supervisors:
Selgelid, M (Main), Oakley, J (Associate).
Program of Study:
(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Understanding Morality and Emotions in Relation to 'The Other'..
Supervisors:
Oakley, J (Main), Baltzly, D (Associate).
Program of Study:
(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Which Virtue Ethics and Why?: A Defence of Virtue in Professional Ethics.
Supervisors:
Oakley, J (Main), Baltzly, D (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:
Aynsley, G.
Program of Study:
Bridging Kant's abyss: developing the imagination in moral judgement. (PHD) 2010.
Supervisors:
Oakley, J (Main), Green, K (Associate).
Student:
Bailey, S.
Program of Study:
THE ETHICS OF MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT THE PROVISION OF INTENSIVE CARE. (PHD) 2001.
Supervisors:
Oakley, J (Main), Kuhse, H (Associate).
Student:
Ballantyne, A.
Program of Study:
Exploitation in HIV/AIDS international clinical research. (PHD) 2006.
Supervisors:
Oakley, J (Main), Sparrow, R (Associate).
Student:
Biegler, P.
Program of Study:
Autonomy and ethical treatment in depression. (PHD) 2007.
Supervisors:
Oakley, J (Main), Kuhse, H (Associate).
Student:
Blackford, R.
Program of Study:
Human enhancement: the challenge to liberal tolerance. (PHD) 2008.
Supervisors:
Oakley, J (Main), Sparrow, R (Associate).
Student:
Cole, V.
Program of Study:
(Post)human flourishing: neo-Aristotelian natural rights and the challenge to human nature. (PHD) 2011.
Supervisors:
Oakley, J (Main), Sparrow, R (Associate).
Student:
Crowden, A.
Program of Study:
Virtue ethics and professional psychotherapy. (PHD) 2007.
Supervisors:
Oakley, J (Main).
Student:
Edwards, D.
Program of Study:
Eroding Ethical Prescribing - How Pharmaceutical Marketing Undermines Informed Consent and Causes Harm. (Masters) 2009.
Supervisors:
Oakley, J (Main), Handfield, T (Associate).
Student:
Forster, D.
Program of Study:
Ethics of belief: an exploratory analysis of the profession of teaching. (PHD) 2010.
Supervisors:
Webster, S (Main), Oakley, J (Associate).
Student:
Kerin, J.
Program of Study:
THE MATTER OF METAPHYSICS: BERGSON, BIOETHICS AND FEMINISM. (PHD) 2004.
Supervisors:
Colebrook, C (Main), Oakley, J (Associate).
Student:
Macintosh, D.
Program of Study:
TRUST AND BETRAYAL IN THE PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP. (PHD) 2000.
Supervisors:
Kuhse, H (Main), Oakley, J (Main), Holton, R (Associate).
Student:
Satz, A.
Program of Study:
TESTING ACCESS: TOWARD A THEORY OF ENTITLEMENT TO GENETIC TESTING. (PHD) 2001.
Supervisors:
Singer, P (Main), Oakley, J (Associate).
Student:
Spriggs, M.
Program of Study:
AUTONOMY AND PATIENTS' DECISIONS.. (PHD) 2001.
Supervisors:
Oakley, J (Main), Singer, P (Associate).
Student:
Wolfendale, J.
Program of Study:
NOTHING PERSONAL: THE MORAL PSYCHOLOGY OF MILITARY TORTURE. (PHD) 2005.
Supervisors:
Kennett, J (Main), Oakley, J (Associate).
Student:
Zion, D.
Program of Study:
ATTACHMENT AND LIBERTY: GAY COMMUNITIES IN AUSTRALIA AND THE ETHICS OF HIV/AIDS. (PHD) 2001.
Supervisors:
Oakley, J (Main).