Shaun Respess
Bio
I am a Postdoctoral Research Scholar in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies working in the NeuroComputational Ethics Research Group. I completed my Ph.D. in Ethical and Social Thought at Virginia Tech in 2021, and have since published on subjects such as psychiatric ethics and telehealth. My research primarily focuses on the intersections between moral discourse, care ethics, and mental health.
Education
Ph.D. ASPECT Virginia Tech 2021
M.A. Humanities (Philosophy) Old Dominion University 2017
B.A. Philosophy Old Dominion University 2015
Area(s) of Expertise
Normative Ethics, Applied Ethics, Bioethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Moral Psychology
Publications
- Biomedical, Neurodiverse, and Mad Affinities: The Constraints of Collective Epistemic Resources , AJOB Neuroscience (2025)
- Madness in Relation: The Autonomy of a Joke , Joker and Philosophy (2024)
- Moral Stress, Distress, and Injury: Clarifications Using the ADC Model of Moral Judgment , AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOETHICS (2024)
- Natural Disorder: Psychiatric Waste and Ecological Matters of Care , Caring Futures: Contradictions, Transformation, and Revolutionary Possibilities Conference (2024)
- Resentment as Responsiveness: Psychiatric Care and the Problem of Ethical Loneliness , Azimuth: Philosophical Coordinates in Modern and Contemporary Age (2024)
- Revolutionary Care: Commitment and Ethos. M.Hamington, 2024. New York and London, Routledge. xiii +223 pp, $144.00 (hb) $39.99 (pb) , Journal of Applied Philosophy (2024)
- Care-Centered Politics: From the Home to the Planet , New Political Science (2023)
- Caring Affinity Networks , Social Philosophy Today (2023)
- Constraints of Professionalism: Feminist Techniques for Mental Health Practice , Annual Association for Practical and Professional Ethics International Conference (2023)
- Resentment as Responsiveness: Psychiatric Care and the Problem of Ethical Loneliness , Care Ethics Otherwise: A Conference (2023)