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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 91女神

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