
Jonathan Beever, Ph.D.
Biography
Jonathan Beever is Assistant Professor of Ethics & Digital Culture in the Department of Philosophy and the Texts & Technology Ph.D. Program at the University of Central Florida.
He is the founding director of the UCF Center for Ethics (founded Fall 2019), and the Program Director of the Theoretical and Applied Ethics Certificate Program.
He previously held postdoctoral appointments in ethics at Penn State and Purdue University. He works at the intersection of environmental ethics and bioethics, on issues including the ethics of biotechnologies, environmental bioethics, public and ecological health ethics, digital ethics, research ethics, and questions of patient autonomy and agency.
Education
- Ph.D. in Philosophy from Purdue University (2012)
Research Interests
Environmental Bioethics; Simulation and Representation; Soundscape Ecology; Ethics and Science; Animal Ethics; Research Ethics
Recent Research Activities
- see attached CV
Selected Publications
Books
- Forthcoming Beever, J. (Ed). The Horror of Relations: The Dark Side of Interdependence. Lexington Books (Rowman & Littlefield). Forthcoming Fall 2020.
- Beever, J., McDaniel R., Stanlick, N. (2018). Understanding Digital Ethics: Cases and Contexts. Routledge.
- Beever, Jonathan and Vernon W. Cisney (eds). 2016. The Way of Nature and the Way of Grace: Philosophical Footholds on Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life. Northwestern University Press.
- Perspectives in Bioethics, Science, and Public Policy. 2013. Jonathan Beever and Nicolae Morar (Eds.). Purdue University Press.
Articles/Essays
- Spector-Bagdady, K., Beever, J. (July 07, 2020). “Rethinking the Importance of the Individual within a Community of Data.” Hastings Center Report. https://doi.org/10.1002/hast.1112.
- Upvall, M., Nguyen-Thanh, T., Beever, J., & Huy, N.V.Q. (June 2020). “An Interprofessional Approach to Assessing Research Ethics Capacity in Vietnam: Implications for Nursing Education.” Nursing Education Perspectives. [online first June 26, 2020] doi: 10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000683.
- Beever, J. (May 2020 [first online Dec. 2019]). “Sonic Liminality: Soundscapes, Semiotics, and Ecologies of Meaning.” Biosemiotics (special edition on Hybrid Natures) 13(1): 77-88. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12304-019-09371-x.
- Hess, J.L., Beever, J., Zoltowski, C.B., Kisselburgh, L., Brightman, A.O. (Feb. 2019). “Enhancing Engineering Students’ Ethical Reasoning: Situating Reflexive Principlism within the SIRA Framework.” Journal of Engineering Education 108(1): 82-102.
- Beever, J.& Morar, N. (August 2018). “The Ethics and Epistemic Onus of ‘One Health’,” Bioethics.10.1111/bioe.12522.
- Beever, J. & Tønnessen, M. (Aug 2018). “Justifying Moral Standing by Biosemiotic Particularism.” Zeitschrift fur Semiotik 37(3-4): 31-54.
- Beever, J. & Whitehouse, P.J. (2018). “The Ecosystem of Bioethics: Building Bridges to Public Health.” Jahr: European Journal of Bioethics 8/2(16): 227-243.
- Beever, J.& Tønnessen, M. (2017). “Justifying Moral Standing by Biosemiotic Particularism.” Zeitschrift fur Semiotik 37(3-4): 31-54.
- Beever, J. (Jan. 2017). “The Ontology of Species: Commentary on Kasperbauer’s ‘Should We Bring Back the Passenger Pigeon? The Ethics of De-Extinction’.” Ethics, Policy, and Environment http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21550085.2017.1291825.
- Beever, J.(2016). “The Mountain and the Wolf: Leopold’s Uexkullian Influence.” Resilience: A Journal of the Environmental Humanities 4(1): 85-109.
- Beever, J.& Morar, N. (2016). “The Porosity of Autonomy: Social and Biological Constitution of the Individual in Biomedicine.” American Journal of Bioethics16(2): 34-45.
- Beever, J. (Fall 2016). “Teaching Ethics Ecologically: Decision-Making Through Narrative.” Teaching Ethics 16(2): 195-206.
- Beever, J.& Morar, M. (2016). “Bioethics and the Challenge of the Ecological Individual.” Environmental Philosophy13(2):215-238.
- Beever, J. (2016). “Teaching Ethics Ecologically: Decision-Making Through Narrative.” Teaching Ethics 16(2): 195-206.
- Beever, J.& Brightman, A.O. (2016). “Reflexive Principlism As An Effective Approach for Developing Ethical Reasoning in Engineering.” 2016 [online Feb 2015]. Science and Engineering Ethics22(1):275-291.
Book Sections/Chapters
- Brightman, A.O., Beever, J., Hiles, M.C. (Nov 2019). “Next-Generation Ethical Development of Medical Devices: Considering Harms, Benefits, Fairness, and Freedom,” In Next Generation Ethics: Engineering a Better Society. Abbas, A.E. (Ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- Hess, J., Beever, J., Strobel, J., Brightman, A.O. (2017). “Empathic Perspective-Taking and Ethical Decision-Making in Engineering Ethics Education.” In Philosophy and Engineering: Exploring Boundaries, Expanding Connections: 163-179, Byron Newberry, B., Michelfelder, D., Zhu, Q.(Eds.). Springer .
- Beever, J. (2016). “Have Hope, Not too Much, Mostly for Plants: Hope in Environmental Moral Literacy.” In Ecology, Ethics, and Hope: 111-126, Brei, A. (Ed.). Rowman and Littlefield.
- Beever, J. (January 2016). “Symbolic Violence as Subtle Virulence: A Philosophy of Terrorism.” In Re-Visioning Terrorism: A Humanistic Perspective: 163-179, Lawton, B. & Coda, E. (Eds.). West Lafayette, Purdue University Press.
Book Reviews
- Beever, J. (August 2020). Book review. “Review of Nicholas Shrubsole’s What Has No Place, Remains (2019).” Environmental Philosophy 17(1): 183-186.
Awards
- see attached CV
Activities
- see attached CV
Courses
Course Number | Course | Title | Mode | Date and Time | Syllabus |
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16878 | ENG6810 | Theories of Texts & Technology | Video Strmng (V1) COVD DL exmp | W 06:00 PM - 08:50 PM | Available |
The catalog description for this course states that “this course is intended to introduce you to general theoretical concepts and positions as a basis for the advanced study of Texts & Technology.” That very generous description opens the door to some big questions including “what is theory?” This section of ENG 6810 will explore answers to that question through readings from the core T&T list, put in conversation with a broader landscape of theoretical considerations. Theory, whether critical, literacy, representational, social, scientific, normative, or of some other kind, serves as the foundation for the sorts of critical analyses, unpackings, reshapings, and explorations we do as scholars of contemporary problems. We apply theory as a lens through which we view a problem and as a mouthpiece through which we give new voice to that problem. Students in this class will:
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11457 | PHI3638 | Ethic Issues in 21st Century | Video Strmng (V1) COVD DL exmp | Tu,Th 09:00 AM - 10:15 AM | Available |
In this course we will take a wide and topical look at a survey of ethical issues in the 21st century through reasoned discussion, conceptual analysis, and critical writing. Our approach will not assume any expert-level knowledge of traditional ethical theories but, instead, will take a broadly pluralistic perspective on ethical inquiry and decision-making. My rationale for guiding you by this perspective is that ethical issues in the 21st century are not the domain of solely philosophers but, rather, of an extensive community of inquirers including ethicists, scientists, and policy- makers of all sorts. Our job, as philosophers in this course, is to think carefully and critically about ethical issues and to develop strategies for helping others do this same. Students who participate in Phi3638 will gain experience in leading discussions about ethical issues and will be encouraged to begin to identify ways to develop peer mentoring on these important topics. I anticipate that you will actively contribute to the course through discussion and development of unique topics or case studies. |
Course Number | Course | Title | Mode | Date and Time | Syllabus |
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81810 | PHI5627 | Theoretical and Applied Ethics | World Wide Web (W) | Available | |
In this online course we will take a wide and topical look at a survey of theoretical and applied ethical issues through reasoned discussion, conceptual analysis, and critical writing. Our approach will not assume any expert-level knowledge of traditional ethical theories but, instead, will take a broadly pluralistic perspective on ethical inquiry and decision-making. My rationale for guiding you by this perspective is that ethical issues, here in the 21st century, are not the domain of solely philosophers but, rather, of an extensive community of inquirers including ethicists, scientists, and policy-makers of all sorts. Our job, as philosophers in this course, is to think carefully and critically about ethical issues and to develop strategies for helping others do this same. Participants in this course, yourself included, will: Students who participate in PHI5627 will gain experience in leading discussions about ethical issues and will be encouraged to begin to identify ways to develop peer mentoring on these important topics. I anticipate that you will actively contribute to the course through discussion and development of unique topics or case studies. |
Course Number | Course | Title | Mode | Session | Date and Time | Syllabus |
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61714 | PHI3672 | Animal Ethics | World Wide Web (W) | A | Unavailable | |
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Updated: Jan 13, 2021