About Aarhus University
Andreas Brøgger Albertsen
PhD, Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
Bartholins Allé 7
building 1340, 259
8000 Aarhus C
Denmark
Phone: +4587165302
Research areas
- Applied ethics and bioethics/environmental ethics Health behaviour health policy luck egalitarianism personal responsibility
- Concept of democracy political equality voting advice application
- Ethics and moral philosophy in antiquity
- Health
- Health systems
- Medical ethics deemed consent organ donation organ markets organ shortage presumed consent priority rules
- Other areas of financing
- Philosophy/history of health
Profile
Three main research interests
Organ Scarcity: Can the family, state and the market end the suffering?
Every day people die waiting for an organ transplant, which could prolong their lives significantly. In light of this shortage several alternative strategies has been proposed for increasing the supply of organs. Should we consider people as donors by default, the limit the extent to which the family can veto which accounts for many organs not being utilized or introduce a market in organs? All proposals require careful ethical evaluation.
Luck Egalitarianism in Health
As new patterns of disease highlights the connection between individual lifestyle and poor health, the public debate on personal responsibility in health seems as relevant as ever. But holding people responsible for their past choices in health is both complicated and controversial – not least because many unhealthy choices are predominantly made by those in the lower echelons of society. These questions are assessed from the perspective of luck egalitarianism, a prominent theory of distributive justice which is attentive to questions of personal responsibility.
Luck Egalitarianism
The normative debate about distributive justice is increasingly focused on the issue of personal responsibility. How does it affect our evaluation of a distribution if the differences between people reflect choices for which they are responsible? Luck egalitarians traditionally hold the view that we should not redistribute to eliminate such inequalities, but that those inequalities reflecting luck is the main concern for distributive justice.
I gladly supervise graduate students, who wish to write on issues related to:
- Distributive Justice
- Health care Prioritization/rationing
- Organ shortage and possible solutions
- Ethical aspects of economic incentives
- Ethical aspects of market mechanisms
- Medical Ethics
Deemed consent: Assessing the new opt-out approach to organ procurement in Wales
Albertsen, A., 2018, In: Journal of Medical Ethics. 44, 5, p. 314–318 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Mandated Choice Policies: When are they preferable?
Thaysen, J. D. & Albertsen, A., Sept 2021, In: Political Research Quarterly. 74, 3, p. 744-755 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
A framework for luck egalitarianism in health and healthcare
Albertsen, A. & Knight, C., 2015, In: Journal of Medical Ethics. 41, 2, p. 165-169 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Markets, Distributive Justice and Community: The egalitarian ethos of G.A. Cohen
Albertsen, A., Jun 2019, In: Political Research Quarterly. 72, 2, p. 376-398 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
What Is the Point of the Harshness Objection?
Albertsen, A. & Nielsen, L., Dec 2020, In: Utilitas. 32, 4, p. 427-443 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Personal Responsibility in Health and Healthcare: Luck Egalitarianism as a plausible and flexible approach to health
Albertsen, A., Sept 2020, In: Political Research Quarterly. 73, 3, p. 583-595 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Equality of Opportunity Conference
Andreas Brøgger Albertsen (Speaker)
23 May 2016 → 24 May 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation of workshop, seminar or course
2017 EACME
Andreas Brøgger Albertsen (Speaker)
7 Sept 2017 → 9 Sept 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation af a conference
Personal Responsibility in Health
Andreas Brøgger Albertsen (Speaker)
24 Oct 2016 → 25 Oct 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation af a conference
ECPR General Conference
Andreas Brøgger Albertsen (Speaker)
3 Sept 2014 → 6 Sept 2014Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation af a conference
Teacher of the Year - Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
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