Dr. Mianna Lotz

Biography

Mianna joined the Department of Philosophy at Macquarie University in 2005 as an Associate Lecturer in Ethics and Applied Ethics. Prior to this, she was a Research Fellow at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the University of Melbourne and has also lectured at La Trobe University. Mianna holds a PhD from Monash University, focusing on normative meta-ethics, applied professional ethics, and social philosophy. Her primary research interests include ethical political philosophy, particularly concerning family, childhood, parenting, and reproduction. She has a particular focus on the ethical implications surrounding parental obligations and children's autonomy. Mianna is currently involved in an international collaborative project on the ethics of uterus transplantation, named 'Ethics Uterus Transplant Australia: Lessons from Sweden and the UK,' and is a member of the international Research Network on Democracy, Ethics, and Public Policy (DEPP). In her teaching, she covers topics such as happiness, moral psychology, ethical theory, and bioethics, and she supervises postgraduates in areas related to applied professional ethics and moral philosophy.

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