Schuyler S. Pringle
Schuyler S. Pringle
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Specialization: Social and Political Philosophy, and Applied Ethics (Bioethics)
My current research focuses on liberal bioethics – specifically, on questions about how we ought to make decisions for incapable individuals, such as infant children. Rather than ground my views in the the four principle approach championed by Tom L. Beauchamp and James F. Childress (2019), I largely work from a Rawlsian theory of justice. In extending his social contract theory of justice to children, my work directly bears on debates in legal theory, the rights of non-human animals, trust in artificial intelligence (AI), and the ethics of parental authority over children.
Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Philosophy, The University of Toronto
Research
Research
Published:
Pringle, Schuyler, et al. “A leadership ethics curriculum: Bringing mixed-methods interdisciplinary insights to the ethical complexities of healthcare leadership.” Healthcare Management Forum. 2025; 38(4): 295-300
Pringle, Schuyler. “In Defence of the Best Interest Standard: A Fiduciary Duty.” Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review. 2024; 63(3): 475–496.
Under Review:
An essay on Kant’s Only Possible Argument. [under review; title and abstract retracted]
An essay on appeal to the Harm Principle qua intervention principle in pediatrics. [under review; title and abstract retracted]
An essay on the plausibility of an artificial intelligence (AI) substitute decision-maker. [under review; title and abstract retracted]
Works-in-progress:
“In Defence of the Causal Account of Moral Parenthood”
“The Impermissibility of Religiously Motivated Refusals”
“The Permissibility of Neonatal Euthanasia”
Teaching
Teaching
Death and Dying
Philosophy of Sexuality
Bioethics
Great Works in the History of Philosophy
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