Andrew J. Barnhart
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Andrew J. Barnhart
@andrewjbarnhart.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Bonn
Department of Social Ethics and Ethics of Technology
Bioethicist | Philosopher | Disability Advocate
What should be done with digital doppelgängers after they can no longer be used? Do we archive them? Repurpose them? Or destroy them? My colleagues Giuseppe Comerci, Matthias Braun and myself explore these ideas and what they morally imply. #AI #Ethics
Bytes the Dust: Normative Notions in Decommissioning Digital Doppelgängers
Published in The American Journal of Bioethics (Vol. 25, No. 2, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
February 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Thanks Democrats. Good to know you will be of no help when federal Republicans come after disability services. You may even be on their side!
Disabilities community 'distressed,' 'scared' by proposed $200 million cut to state services - Maryland Matters
Advocates are reeling at recent proposals to cut $200 million from a state agency that administers resources for people with developmental disabilities -- cuts that advocates call inhumane and harmful...
marylandmatters.org
January 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
New publication! I explore the ecological-enactive model of disability, which reframes mental health conditions as dynamic interactions between individuals and their environments, fostering inclusivity and challenging traditional pathologizing frameworks. #Disability #MentalHealth #Neuroethics
Beyond Pathology: Bringing the Ecological-Enactive Model of Disability to Neuroethics and Mental Health Conditions
Published in AJOB Neuroscience (Vol. 16, No. 1, 2025)
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January 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Reposted by Andrew J. Barnhart
Over 60 German universities quit social media platform X.

Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship.
Over 60 German universities quit social media platform X
Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship - Anadolu Ajansı
www.aa.com.tr
January 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Reposted by Andrew J. Barnhart
Why is the "anti-woke" right leaning so hard on the R-slur these days? It's a rhetorical flourish in their wider campaign of dehumanizing cruelty—a claim that their opponents are not merely wrong but incapable of forming a viable opinion.
The R-Word's Comeback Is a Grim Sign of Our Political Moment
The R-slur has made a comeback thanks to the MAGA movement and Elon Musk, who use it to dehumanize their political opponents.
www.rollingstone.com
January 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM