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Matthew Butkus

Matthew A. Butkus, PhD, HEC-C

Professor of Philosophy
McNeese State University

Phone: 215.895.2215
Email: mab839@drexel.edu

Bio

I teach courses in applied ethics across disciplines, and my research interests include artificial intelligence, environmental ethics, public policy, and neuroethics. I am current. As an affiliated faculty member of Drexel's School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, I teach undergraduate and graduate Biomedical Ethics and Law (BMES-338/-538) and Hospital Administration.


Education

  • PhD, Health Care Ethics, Duquesne University, 2006
  • MA, Philosophy, Duquesne University, 2000
  • BS, Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, 2006
  • BSLA, German and Philosophy, Georgetown University, 1998

Research Interests

Medical Ethics, Ethics in the Sciences, Neuroethics, Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Science, Consilience of Knowledge, Evidence-Based Medicine, Research Methodology, and Environmental Ethics.

Publications

Books:
Butkus, Matthew A. Biomedical Ethics and Decision-Making. Gegensatz Press, 2022. ISBN 978-1-62130-3

Articles:
Butkus, Matthew A. “The Human Side of Artificial Intelligence.” Science and Engineering Ethics, July 2020, 1- 11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-020-00239-9

Butkus, Matthew A. “All Health is Local: Biodiversity, Ethics, and Human Health.” Ethics, Policy & Environment, April 2015, 18(1): 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/21550085.2015.1016969

Butkus, Matthew A. “Free Will and Autonomous Medical Decision-Making.” Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics, March 2015, 3(1): 75-119.

Butkus, Matthew A. “Compassionate Deception: Lying to Dementia Patients.” Philosophical Practice, July 2014, 9(2): 1388-1396.

Butkus, Matthew A., Mutchler, Matthew S. “Clinical and Ethical Conflicts in Diagnosing and Treating Behavioral Problems in Children.” Philosophical Practice, March 2012, 7(1): 925-937.

Butkus, Matthew A. and McCarthy, Cynthia (2002) “Principle and Praxis: Harmonizing Theoretical and Clinical Ethics” American Journal of Bioethics, 2002 Fall; 2(4): W8

Book Chapters:
Butkus, Matthew A. “Moral Expertise in Medical Ethics.” Moral Expertise: New Essays from Theoretical and Clinical Bioethics (eds. Jamie Watson and Laura Guidry-Grimes). Springer, 2018.

Butkus, Matthew A. “Rāma of Gilead: Hindu Philosophy in The Dark Tower.” Stephen King and Philosophy (ed. Jacob Held); Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2016.

Butkus, Matthew A. "Public Health Approaches to Firearms." Guns and Contemporary Society: The Past, Present, and Future of Firearms and Firearm Policy. Praeger Publishers, 2015.

Butkus, Matthew A. “Breaking Health Care.” The Methods of Breaking Bad: Essays on Narrative, Character and Ethics. McFarland Publishing, 2015.

Butkus, Matthew A. “A Universe of Bastards.” Dune and Philosophy. Open Court Press, April 2011. Butkus, Matthew A., Kellum, John A. “Metabolic Disorders: Classifying Metabolic Acidoses.” Oxford Desk Reference: Critical Care. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Butkus, Matthew A., Madden, Nicholas J., Kellum, John A. “Metabolic Disorders: Metabolic Alkalosis.” Oxford Desk Reference: Critical Care. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Butkus, Matthew A., Murugan, Raghavan, Madden, Nicholas, Kellum, John A. “Disorders of Chronic Metabolic Alkalosis.” Critical Care Nephrology (2nd Edition). Elsevier, 2008.

Peng, Zhiyong, Butkus, Matthew A., Kannan, Neeta, Kellum, John A. “Genetic Variation and Critical Illness.” Critical Care Nephrology (2nd Edition). Elsevier, 2008.

Madden, Nicholas, Murugan, Raghavan, Butkus, Matthew A., Kellum, John A. “Acute Metabolic Alkalosis.” Critical Care Nephrology (2nd Edition). Elsevier, 2008.

Butkus, Matthew A., Kannan, Neeta, Venkataraman, Ramesh, Kellum, John A. “Case Studies in Acute Renal Failure.” Critical Care Nephrology (2nd Edition) On-Line Accessible Content. Elsevier, 2008.

Kannan, Neeta, Butkus, Matthew A., Murugan, Raghavan, Kellum, John A. “Case Studies in Acidosis.” Critical Care Nephrology (2nd Edition) On-Line Accessible Content. Elsevier, 2008.