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Jason T. Eberl, Ph.D.

Director; Professor
Department of Health Care Ethics

Education

  • B.A. in philosophy and Spanish from the University of San Diego
  • M.A. in philosophy from Arizona State University
  • Ph.D. in philosophy from 性奴调教

Research Interests

Beginning-of-life issues, end-of-life care, biotechnology and human enhancement, healthcare allocation, philosophy of human nature, and Thomism.

Publications and Media Placements

Books

  • Eberl, J.T., The Nature of Human Persons: Metaphysics and Bioethics (University of Notre Dame Press, 2020).
  • Eberl, J.T., ed., Contemporary Controversies in Catholic Bioethics (Springer, 2017).
  • Eberl, J.T., The Routledge Guidebook to Aquinas鈥檚 Summa Theologiae (Routledge, 2016).
  • Eberl, J.T., Thomistic Principles and Bioethics (Routledge, 2006).

Journal Articles

  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淲ho Wants to Live Forever? Transhumanist Immortality and Christian Eternity鈥� Christian Bioethics 31:2 (2025).
  • Brummett, Abram and Eberl, J.T., 鈥淭he Reasonable Content of Conscience in Public Bioethics鈥� Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics (2024).
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淥ntological Chimeras: Human Beings as Rational Animals鈥� Dignitas 30:3 (2023): 10-16.
  • Maldonado, Fabien and Eberl, J.T., 鈥淏earing the Burden of 鈥業nnovation鈥�: The Ontological Implications of Substantial Equivalence and the FDA 510(k) Pathway鈥� CHEST 163:5 (2023): 1225-1227.
  • Brummett, Abram and Eberl, J.T., 鈥淭he Many Metaphysical Commitments of Secular Clinical Ethics: Expanding the Argument for a Moral鈥揗etaphysical Proceduralism鈥� Bioethics 36:7 (2022): 783-793.
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淒isability, Enhancement, and Flourishing鈥� Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 47:5 (2022): 597-611.
  • McTavish, James and Eberl, J.T., 鈥淚s COVID-19 Vaccination 鈥極rdinary鈥� (Morally Obligatory) Treatment?鈥� The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 22:2 (2022): 319-333.
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淟osing One鈥檚 Head or Gaining a New Body?鈥� Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 47:2 (2022): 189-209.
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淓nhancing the Imago Dei: Can a Christian be a Transhumanist?鈥� Christian Bioethics 28:1 (2022): 76-93.
  • Friedrich, Annie B. and Eberl, J.T., 鈥淐atholic Perspective on Decision-Making for Critically Ill Newborns and Infants鈥� Children 9:2 (2022).
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淎re Christians Morally Obligated to Be Vaccinated for COVID-19?鈥� Review and Expositor 119:1-2 (2022): 64-75.
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淚s There a Moral Obligation to be Vaccinated for COVID-19?鈥� Health Care Ethics USA 30:1 (2022): 33-39.
  • Bishop, Jeffrey P. and Eberl, J.T., 鈥淧oint: Is It Ethically Permissible to Unilaterally Withdraw Life-Sustaining Treatments during Crisis Standards of Care? Yes鈥� CHEST 159:6 (2021): 2165-2166.
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淯nilateral Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment within Crisis Standards of Care鈥� Health Care Ethics USA 29:1 (2021): 8-10.
  • Redinger, Michael J. and Eberl, J.T., 鈥淣ew Developments in End-of-Life Teaching for Roman Catholic Healthcare: The Implications of Samaritanus Bonus (鈥淭he Good Samaritan鈥�)鈥� American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine 39:5 (2021): 501-503.
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淰isions of the Common Good: Engelhardt鈥檚 Engagement with Catholic Social Teaching鈥� Christian Bioethics 27:1 (2021): 30-49.
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淪urviving Corruptionist Arguments: Response to Nevitt鈥� Quaestiones Disputatae 10:2 (2020): 145-160.
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淎ddressing Vulnerability Due to Cognitive Impairment through Catholic Social Teaching鈥� The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 20:2 (2020): 243-250.
  • Sullivan, William F. 鈥� Participants of the Ninth IACB International Colloquium, 鈥淧romoting Capabilities to MakeHealthcare Decisions鈥� The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 20:2 (2020): 355-371.
  • The COVID-19 Task Force of the Association of Bioethics Program Directors (ABPD), 鈥淓thical Challenges Arising in the COVID-19 Pandemic鈥� American Journal of Bioethics 20:7 (2020): 15-27.
  • Antommaria, Armand H. Matheny 鈥� Eberl, J.T., 鈥淰entilator Triage Policies During the COVID-19 Pandemic at US Hospitals Associated with Members of the Association of Bioethics Program Directors鈥� Annals of Internal Medicine (2020): DOI: 10.7326/M20-1738.
  • Eberl, J.T. and Donovan, G. Kevin, 鈥淚s It Ethical to Unilaterally Withdraw Life-Sustaining Treatment in Triage Circumstances?鈥� Health Progress 101:2 (2020).
  • Eberl, J.T. and Ostertag, Christopher, 鈥淐onscientious Refusals in Health Care鈥� Health Care Ethics USA 28:1 (2020): 7-11.
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淧rotecting Reasonable Conscientious Refusals in Health Care鈥� Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 40:6 (2019): 565-581.
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淎 Bioethical Vision鈥� Journal of Catholic Social Thought 16:2 (2019): 279-293.
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淐an Prudence Be Enhanced?鈥� Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 43:5 (2018): 506-526.
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淚 Am My Brother鈥檚 Keeper: Communitarian Obligations to the Dying Person鈥� Christian Bioethics 24:1 (2018): 38-58.
  • Winright, Tobias, Eberl, J.T., and Coleman, Gerald, 鈥淢oral Lessons from the Life of Alfie Evans: Two Ethical Perspectives鈥� Health Care Ethics USA 26:3 (2018): 1-11.
  • Eberl, J.T. and Ostertag, Christopher, 鈥淐onscience, Compromise, and Complicity鈥� Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 92 (2018).
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淭he Ontological and Moral Significance of Persons鈥� Scientia et Fides 5:2 (2017): 217-36.
  • Waters, Nicole P., Schmale, Trenton, Goetz, Allison, Eberl, J.T., and Wells, Jessica H. 鈥淎 Call to Promote Healthcare Justice: A Summary of Integrated Outpatient Clinics Exemplifying Principles of Catholic Social Teaching鈥� The Linacre Quarterly 84:1 (2017): 57-73.
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淎 Thomistic Defense of Whole-Brain Death鈥� The Linacre Quarterly 82:3 (2015): 235-250.
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淎 Thomistic Appraisal of Human Enhancement Technologies鈥� Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 35:4 (2014): 289-310.
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淩eligious and Secular Perspectives on the Value of Suffering鈥� The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 12:2 (2012): 251-261.
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淢etaphysical and Moral Status of Cryopreserved Embryos鈥� The Linacre Quarterly 79:3 (2012): 304-315.
  • Eberl, J.T., Kinney, Eleanor K., and Williams, Matthew J., 鈥淔oundation for a Natural Right to Health Care鈥� The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 36:6 (2011): 537-57.
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淭he Unactualized Potential of PVS Patients鈥� APA Newsletter on Philosophy and Medicine 11:1 (2011): 14-18.
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥溾�業, Clone鈥�: How Cloning is (Mis)portrayed in Contemporary Cinema鈥� Film and History 40:2 (2010): 27-44.
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淲hat Dignitas personae Does Not Say鈥� The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 10:1 (2010): 89-110.
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淰arieties of Dualism: Swinburne and Aquinas鈥� International Philosophical Quarterly 50:1 (2010): 39-56.
  • Eberl, J.T. and Ballard, Rebecca A., 鈥淢etaphysical and Ethical Perspectives on Creating Animal-Human Chimeras鈥漈he Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 34:5 (2009): 470-486.
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淎mbiguities and Inconsistencies among the Opinions of the AMA Code of Medical Ethics鈥� APANewsletter on Philosophy and Medicine 8:2 (2009): 4-6.
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淧otentiality, Possibility, and the Irreversibility of Death鈥� The Review of Metaphysics 62:1 (2008): 61-77.
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淐ultivating the Virtue of Acknowledged Responsibility鈥� Proceedings of the American CatholicPhilosophical Association 82 (2008): 249-61.
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淒ualist and Animalist Perspectives on Death: A Comparison with Aquinas鈥� The National CatholicBioethics Quarterly 7:3 (2007): 477-489.
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淎 Thomistic Perspective on the Beginning of Personhood: Redux鈥� Bioethics 21:5 (2007): 283-289.
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淧omponazzi and Aquinas on the Intellective Soul鈥� The Modern Schoolman 83:1 (2005): 65-77.
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淓xtraordinary Care and the Spiritual Goal of Life: A Defense of the View of Kevin O鈥橰ourke, O.P.鈥� The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 5:3 (2005): 491-501.
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淎quinas鈥檚 Account of Human Embryogenesis and Recent Interpretations鈥� The Journal of Medicine andPhilosophy 30:4 (2005): 379-394.
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淎 Thomistic Understanding of Human Death鈥� Bioethics 19:1 (2005): 29-48.
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淎quinas on the Nature of Human Beings鈥� The Review of Metaphysics 58:2 (2004): 333-365.
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淎quinas on Euthanasia, Suffering, and Palliative Care鈥� The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 3:2(2003): 331-354.
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淭he Metaphysics of Resurrection: Issues of Identity in Thomas Aquinas鈥� Proceedings of the AmericanCatholic Philosophical Association 74 (2000): 215-30.
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淭he Beginning of Personhood: A Thomistic Biological Analysis鈥� Bioethics 14:2 (2000): 134-157.

Book Chapters

  • Eberl, J.T., and Bedford, Elliott, 鈥淢anaging Spiritual Issues in Religiously Affiliated Health Systems鈥� Medical Professionalism: Theory, Education, and Practice, ed. Thomas D. Harter and Gia Merlo (Oxford University Press, 2024).
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淒ignity and Vulnerability at the End of Life: Reflections on Samaritanus bonus鈥� Cuerpos Vulnerables, ed. Luca Valera (Universidad de Chile, 2024).
  • Eberl, J.T., and Romero, Miguel, 鈥淭he Tree of Life: Aquinas, Disability, and Transhumanism鈥� Bioenhancement Technologies and the Vulnerable Body, ed. Devan Stahl (Baylor University Press, 2023).
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淒oes Enhancement Violate Human 鈥楴ature鈥�?鈥� The Routledge Handbook of the Ethics of Human Enhancement, ed. Fabrice Jotterand and Marcello Ienca (Routledge, 2023).
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淓nhancement Technologies and Children鈥� Pediatric Ethics: Theory and Practice, ed. Nico Nortj茅 and Johan Bester (Springer, 2022).
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淎 Bioethical Vision鈥� Pope Francis: A Voice for Mercy, Justice, Love, and Care for the Earth, ed. Barbara E. Wall and Massimo Faggioli (Orbis, 2019).
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淧hilosophical Anthropology, Ethics, and Human Enhancement鈥� Contemporary Controversies in Catholic Bioethics, ed. Jason T. Eberl (Springer, 2017).
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淎 Thomistic Appraisal of Human Enhancement Technologies鈥� Thomas Aquinas: Teacher of Humanity,ed. John P. Hittinger and Daniel C. Wagner (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015).
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淧ersons with Potential鈥� Potentiality: Metaphysical and Bioethical Dimensions, ed. John P. Lizza (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014).
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淭here are No Circumstances in which a Doctor May Withhold Information鈥� Contemporary Debates inBioethics, ed. Arthur L. Caplan and Robert Arp (Wiley-Blackwell, 2014).
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淥ntological Status of Whole-Brain Dead Individuals鈥� The Ethics of Organ Transplantation, ed. StevenJensen (Catholic University of America Press, 2011).
  • Eberl, J.T. and Brown, Brandon P., 鈥淏rain Life and the Argument from Potential: Affirming the Ontological Status of Human Embryos and Fetuses鈥� Persons, Moral Worth, and Embryos: A Critical Analysis of Pro-Choice Arguments, ed. Stephen Napier (Springer, 2011).
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淭he Necessity of Lex aeterna in Aquinas鈥檚 Account of Lex naturalis鈥� Lex and Ius: Essays on the Foundation of Law in Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy, ed. Alexander Fidora, Matthias Lutz-Bachmann, and Andreas Wagner (Frommann-Holzboog, 2010).
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淭homism and the Beginning of Personhood鈥� Defining the Beginning and End of Life: Readings onPersonal Identity and Bioethics, ed. John P. Lizza (Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 2009).
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淒o Human Persons Persist between Death and Resurrection?鈥� Metaphysics and God: Essays in Honor of Eleonore Stump, ed. Kevin Timpe (Routledge, 2009).
  • Eberl, J.T. and Helft, Paul R., 鈥淒onner un organe: Le mod猫le am茅ricain鈥� (Organ Donation: The American Model), trans. Jason Dean, Donner, recevoir un organe, ed. Marie-Jo Thiel (Presses Universitaires de Strasbourg,2009).
  • Eberl, J.T., 鈥淟a notion de souffrance et son r么le dans la d茅finition des soins extraordinaires鈥� (Understanding Suffering and Its Role in Defining Extraordinary Care), trans. Jason Dean, Les rites autour du mourir, ed. Marie-Jo Thiel (Presses Universitaires de Strasbourg, 2008).
  • Brown, Brandon P. and Eberl, J.T., 鈥淓thical Considerations in Defense of Embryo Adoption鈥� The Ethics of EmbryoAdoption and the Catholic Tradition, ed. Sarah-Vaughan Brakman and Darlene F. Weaver (Springer, 2007).
  • Meslin, Eric M., Salmon, Karen R., Eberl, J.T., 鈥淓ligibility for Organ Transplantation by Foreign Nationals: TheRelationship between Citizenship, Justice, and Philanthropy as Policy Criteria,鈥� A Death Retold: JesicaSantillan, the Bungled Transplant, and Paradoxes of Medical Citizenship, ed. Keith Wailoo, Julie Livingston, and Peter Guarnaccia (University of North Carolina Press, 2006).

Media Placements

  • 鈥淒isagreeing Well鈥� 鈥� Conflict Managed Podcast.
  • 鈥淐hristianity, Transhumanism, and Popular Culture鈥� 鈥� AMDG: A Jesuit Podcast.
  • 鈥淎.I. and Personhood, Part 2鈥� 鈥� The Episcopal Podcast.
  • 鈥淎.I. and Personhood, Part 1鈥� 鈥� The Episcopal Podcast.
  • 鈥淭ranshumanism鈥� 鈥� The Episcopal Podcast.
  • 鈥淎ggressive End-of-Life Care Remains Common, Especially in Nursing Homes鈥� 鈥� Medical Ethics Advisor 39:4 (April 2023).
  • 鈥溾�楬uman Composting鈥� Debate: A Deeper Dive into the Catholic Teaching on the Dignity of Human Remains鈥� 鈥� National Catholic Register.
  • 鈥淐onscientious Refusals to Provide Morally Contested Healthcare Services by Healthcare Professionals.鈥� ProfessionalFormation.org 鈥� Healthcare Professionalism: Education, Research, and Resources.
  • 鈥淲hy Experts are Skeptical of Elon Musk鈥檚 Brain Implants.鈥� Healthline.com.
  • 鈥淐atholic Teaching on Health Care Is Part of God鈥檚 Gift of Love to the World.鈥� National Catholic Register.
  • 鈥淐atholic Moral Tradition Shines Light on Hard Questions About Abortion.鈥� National Catholic Register.
  • 鈥淧andemic, Abortion Ruling Bring Ethical Issues to Forefront.鈥� Catholic Health World. 
  • 鈥淲hen HIV Stigma and Conscientious Objection Collide.鈥� Medscape.
  • 鈥淭he Catholic Church Is Dictating Reproductive Health Care 鈥� Even in Blue States.鈥� Salon.com.
  • 鈥淓thics of Vaccine Mandates.鈥� Newsweek Debates Podcast. [https://art19.com/shows/the-debate/episodes/be235edf-7d55-42a8-9c1c-feb52b1e5a3f]
  • 鈥淐ritical Dialogue on Vaccine Mandates.鈥� National Catholic Bioethics Center 鈥淏ioethics on Air鈥� series.
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  • 鈥淒oubters and Dodgers Push for Vaccine Exemptions.鈥�
  • 鈥淪ome Catholic Colleges Forgo Vaccine Mandates, Worrying Public Health Experts鈥� National Catholic Reporter.
  • 鈥淧ossible Brain Death Law Changes Pose Ethical Concerns鈥� National Catholic Reporter.
  • 鈥淯nmasking the Vaccines: What Does the Church Teach?鈥� Salt + Light Television 鈥淓thics and Pandemics鈥� Series.
  • 鈥淓thicist says COVID vaccine plans align with Catholic teachings,鈥� Catholic Health World.
  • 鈥淐atholics Must Weigh Ethical Considerations in the Development of COVID-19 Vaccine,鈥� St. Louis Review. [https://www.archstl.org/catholics-must-weigh-ethical-considerations-in-the-development-of-covid19-vaccine-5968]
  • 鈥淏ioethics Must 鈥楤reak Out鈥� of Ivory Tower and Engage Society, Academic Says,鈥� CRUX.
  • 鈥淎n 鈥楨thical Failure鈥� 鈥� Many Hospitals Rushed to Update Triage Policies As Pandemic Loomed,鈥� Saint Louis Public Radio 90.7 KWMU.
  • 鈥淐OVID-19: Prepare for Care-Rationing鈥擪now Your Hospital Policies,鈥� Neurology Today.
  • 鈥淐atholic Hospitals Come under Fire in Debate over Conscience Rights,鈥� CRUX. [https://cruxnow.com/interviews/2018/08/28/catholic-hospitals-come-under-fire-in-debate-over-conscience-rights/]
  • 鈥淒eath Talk is Cool at this Festival,鈥� National Public Radio.
  • 鈥淕ood Doctor-Good Catholic: The Influence of Faith in Medical Care,鈥� Catholic Radio Indianapolis 89.1/90.9. [https://podcast.catholicradioindy.org/e/the-faith-filled-physician-good-doctor-good-catholic-the-influence-of-faith-in-medical-care-with-fr-ryan-mccarthy-and-jason-eberl-phd/]

Professional Organizations and Associations

  • American Catholic Philosophical Association
  • American Philosophical Association
  • American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
  • Association of Bioethics Program Directors
  • Association for Practical and Professional Ethics
  • Catholic Health Association
  • Catholic Theological Society of America
  • Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity
  • International Association of Bioethics
  • International Association of Catholic Bioethics
  • International Association for Education in Ethics
  • National Catholic Bioethics Center
  • Society of Christian Ethics
  • Society of Christian Philosophers