Mianna (Marianne) Lotz
BA Auck., MA(Hons) Auck., DipProfEthics Auck., PhD Monash
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Mianna joined the Department of Philosophy at Macquarie in 2005 as Associate Lecturer in Ethics/Applied Ethics. Prior to her arrival she was a Research Fellow at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, University of Melbourne, and a Lecturer at La Trobe University. Mianna holds a PhD from Monash University, and since graduating has taught subjects in normative and meta-ethics, applied and professional ethics, and social philosophy at a number of universities in Australia and New Zealand.
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Teaching
Mianna teaches in the following units:
- PHIL132 Philosophy, Morality and Society
- PHIL242 Practical Ethics
- PHIL260/ELS 860 Bioethics and Biotechnology
- PHIL264/364 Business and Professional Ethics
- PHIL341 Contemporary Ethics
- Honours Seminar: The Moral and Political Status of Children
- From 2009: PHIL225 Ethical Theory
Recent publications
Refereed articles
“Procreative reasons-relevance: On the moral significance of why we have children". Bioethics. Forthcoming in 2008.
“Feinberg, Mills, and the Child’s Right to an Open Future.” Journal of Social Philosophy Vol. 37 Number 4, 2006: 537-551.
(with Neil Levy) “Reproductive cloning and a (kind of) genetic fallacy.” Bioethics Vol. 19 Number 3, 2005: 232–250.
“Childhood obesity and the question of parental liberty.” Journal of Social Philosophy, Vol 35, No. 2, 2004.
(with Neil Levy) “The Ethics of the Live Sheep Export Trade”. Proceedings of the Australian Veterinary Association Annual Conference. 3 May 2004. Available at http://www.animalsaustralia.org/default2.asp?idL1=1274&idL2=1668.
“Colliding worlds: Indigenous rights, traditional knowledge, and plant intellectual property”. Business and Professional Ethics, Vol 21 Numbers 3 & 4, Fall/Winter 2002.
Chapters in Edited Collections
“Overstating the Biological: Geneticism and Essentialism in Social Cloning and Social Sex Selection”. In Janna Thompson and Loane Skene (eds) The Sorting Society: The Ethics of Genetic Testing and Therapy. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). Forthcoming in 2008.
Other Publications
“Ethical arguments concerning the moral permissibility of abortion.” Published in 2005 by National Foundation for Australian Women, available at: <http://www.nfaw.org/social_policy/papers.html>
Reviews
“Review of Genetic Prospects: Essays on Biotechnology, Ethics and Public Policy, ed. Verna Gehring” Metapsychology, 16 December 2004. Available at http://www.mhnet.org/books/books.php?type=de&id=2444
“Review of Responsible Genetics: The Moral Responsibility of Geneticists for the Consequences of Human Genetics Research, by Anders Nordgren.” Metapsychology, 8 September 2004. Available at http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=2317
Current research
Mianna's current research interests are in the ethical and social issues raised by recent biotechnological developments, with a particular focus on reproductive biotechnologies and questions pertaining to parental obligations/liberties and children's autonomy and rights. She is also interested in moral character and normative issues in narrative selfhood.
She is an international co-applicant on a broad, interdisciplinary, collaborative project in the humanities and social sciences, called “What Sorts of People Should There Be?” The project explores historical, social and ethical issues in biotechnology, enhancement and eugenics. For more on this project see http://www.whatsorts.net/Administrative responsibilities
- Research Ethics Advisor on the Ethics Review Committee (Human Research), and an SCMP Divisional Ethics Representative
- Member of Philosophy Department’s Honours Committee and Postgraduate Committee
Contact details
(on leave Semester 1, 2008)
Location: Building W6A Room 734
Phone: (61 2) 9850 8804
Fax: (61 2) 9850 8892
Email: Mianna.Lotz@scmp.mq.edu.au
Office hours: to be advised