Personal identification

Full name

Russell Powell

Citation names

• Powell, Russell

Author identifiers

Ciência ID

BF1F-81C2-C0AD

ORCID iD

0000-0002-9893-1721

	Degree	Classification
2009/05/11 Concluded	Philosophy (Doctor of Philosophy) Duke University, United States
2009/05/11 Concluded	Biology (Master) Duke University, United States
2002/05/15 Concluded	Law (Doctor of Philosophy) New York University School of Law Jean Monnet Center for International and Regional Economic Law and Justice, United States

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2011/07/01 - Current	Associate Professor (University Teacher)	Boston University, United States

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2020/06/01 - 2023/05/31	The Evolution of Normativity 0469 Principal investigator Templeton World Charity Foundation Inc, Bahamas	Ongoing
2016/09/01 - 2018	Evolution and Moral Progress 5777893 Principal investigator National Endowment for the Humanities, United States
2014/09/01 - 2016	Convergent Bodies and Minds: Why Conscious Species Are Common but Technological Species Are Rare 43766 Principal investigator	Concluded

Publications

Book	Powell, Russell. Contingency and Convergence: Toward a Cosmic Biology of Body and Mind. United States: MIT Press. 2020. Published Powell, Russell; Allen Buchanan. The Evolution of Moral Progress: A Biocultural Theory. United States: Oxford University Press. 2018. Published
Book chapter	Powell, Russell. "Evolving Measures of Moral Success". In Human Success: Evolutionary Origins and Ethical Implications. United States: Oxford University Press, 2020. In press Powell, Russell. "How the Moral Community Evolves". In Rethinking Moral Status Savulescu. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2020. Accepted • 10.1515/9781400824489.fm Powell, Russell. "Adopting a Technological Stance Toward the Living World: Promises, Pitfalls and Perils". In The Role of Technology in Science: Philosophical Perspectives. Springer, 2015. Published Powell, Russell. "On the Nature of Species and the Moral Significance of their Extinction". In Oxford Handbook on Animal Ethics,. United States: Oxford University Press, 2011. Published
Journal article	Powell, Russell; Irina Mikhalevich. "Minds Without Spines: Toward a More Evolutionarily Inclusive Animal Ethics". Animal Sentience (2020): Accepted Powell, Russell. "Copernicanism and Its Biological Discontents". Quarterly Review of Biology (2020): Published Powell, Russell; Eric Scarffe. "Target Article: Rethinking Disease: A Fresh Diagnosis and New Conceptual Treatment". Journal of Medical Ethics (2019): Published Powell, Russell. "Rehabilitating ‘Disease’: Function, Value, and Objectivity in Medicine". Philosophy of Science (2019): Published Powell, Russell. "Is Flexible Behavior Evidence of Cognitive Complexity? How Evolution Can Inform Comparative Cognition". Journal of the Royal Society Interface Focus (2017): Powell, Russell; Allen Buchanan. "Toward a Naturalistic Theory of Moral Progress". Ethics (2016): Published Russell Powell; Maureen O'Malley. "Major Problems in Evolutionary Transitions: Toward a Metabolism-Based Account of Macroevolution". Biology & Philosophy (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2006.01.010. Published • 10.1016/j.virusres.2006.01.010 Powell, Russell. "The Disvalue of Genetic Diversity or: How (Not) to Treat a Sandelian Ethos on Steroids". American Journal of Bioethics (2015): Published Powell, Russell. "In Genes We Trust: Genetic Engineering, Eugenics and the Future of the Human Genome". Journal of Medicine and Philosophy (2015): Published Powell, Russell; Allen Buchanan. "The Limits of Evolutionary Explanations of Morality and Their Implications for Moral Progress". Ethics (2015): Published Powell, Russell; Carlos Mariscal. "Convergent Evolution as Natural Experiment: The Tape of Life Reconsidered". Journal of the Royal Society Interface Focus (2015): Published Powell, Russell; Thomas Douglas; Julian Savulescu. "Is the Creation of Artificial Life Morally Significant?". Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (2013): Published Powell, Russell. "The Future of Human Evolution". The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (2012): Published Powell, Russell; Steve Clarke. "Religion as an Evolutionary Byproduct: A Critique of the Standard Model". British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (2012): Published Powell, Russell. "Prioritizing the Reduction of Parasite-Stress in the Allocation of Healthcare Resources". Behavioral and Brain Sciences (2012): Published Powell, Russell. "Breaking Evolution's Chains: The Prospect of Deliberate Genetic Modification in Humans". Journal of Medicine and Philosophy (2012): Published Powell, Russell. "What’s the harm? An Evolutionary Theoretical Critique of the Precautionary Principle". Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal (2011): Published Powell, Russell. "Contingency and Convergence in Macroevolution". Journal of Philosophy (2009): Published Powell, Russell. "The Law and Philosophy of Preventive War: An Institution-Based Approach to Collective Self-Defense". Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy (2008): Published Powell, Russell; Allen Buchanan. "Constitutional Democracy and the Rule of International Law: Are They Compatible?". Journal of Political Philosophy (2008): Published
Journal issue	Powell, Russell. "Convergent Minds: The Evolution of Cognitive Complexity in Nature". Journal of the Royal Society Interface Focus (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cplx.v18.6. Published • 10.1002/cplx.v18.6 • Editor Powell, Russell. "Organism, Machine and Artefact: The Conceptual and Normative Challenges of Synthetic Biology". Studies in Hist. and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (2013): Published • Editor Powell, Russell. "Evolution, Genetic Engineering and Human Enhancement". Philosophy & Technology (2012): Published • Editor