Malin Masterton

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Malin Masterton
PhD, Researcher

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Malin Masterton's main area of interest is bioethics, and in particular ethical aspects connected to molecular biology. Her background is undergraduate studies in biology (molecular biology) at the University of Edinburgh (2002), followed by courses in practical philosophy at Uppsala University, and PhD studies in bioethics. Malin Masterton defended her thesis "Duties to Past Persons: Moral Standing and Posthumous Interests of Old Human Remains" in 2010. Her current research deals with public opinion of science and animal testing within the framework of the COMBINE consortium.

E-mail: malin.masterton@crb.uu.se
Phone: +46 18 471 62 32 / 471 66 75

Research profile

• Clinical Ethics
• Culture and Health
• Genetic Information

Publications

Masterton M, Hansson MG, Höglund AT, In search of the missing subject: narrative identity and posthumous wronging, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Online pre-publication 1 November 2010;doi:10.1016/j.shpsc.2010.10.010

Masterton M, Duties to Past Persons: Moral Standing and Posthumous Interests of Old Human Remains, doctoral thesis, Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2010. Buy book >

Masterton M, Hansson MG, Höglund AT, Helgesson G, Can the Dead be Brought into Disrepute? Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, 2007;28:137-149.

Masterton M, Helgesson G, Höglund AT, Hansson MG, Queen Christina's moral claim on the living – justification of a tenacious moral intuition, Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 2007;10:(3): 321-327