Last updated on: 2/4/2009 | Author: ProCon.org

Roy W. Perrett, PhD Biography

Title:
Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
Position:
None Found to the question "Should Euthanasia or Physician-Assisted Suicide Be Legal?"
Reasoning:

No position found as of June 4, 2008

Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Individuals with MDs, JDs, PhDs, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to end-of-life issues. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to end-of-life.
Involvement and Affiliations:
  • Professor of Philosophy, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, 2002-Present
  • Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Charles Sturt University, 2001-2002
  • Visiting Fellowship, Faculty of Arts, Australian National University, 2001-02
  • Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Massey University, 1991-2001
  • Massey University Research Fellowship: “Valuing Lives,” 1999
  • Visiting Fellowship, Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University: “Indigenous Rights, Political Theory and the Reshaping of Institutions,” 1997
  • Visiting Scholarship, Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University: “Philosophical Autobiography and the Construction of the Self,” 1990
  • Lecturer in Philosophy, Massey University, 1987-1990
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Otago (Declined), 1988
  • Assistant Lecturer in Philosophy, Victoria University of Wellington, 1987
  • Assistant Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Otago, 1986
  • Senior Tutor in Philosophy, University of Otago, 1983-1985
  • Commonwealth Scholarship, Banaras Hindu University, India, 1977-1978
  • Member, International Association of Bioethics
  • Member, Australasian Association of Philosophy
Education:
  • PhD, Philosophy, University of Otago, 1986
  • MA, with First Class Honours in Philosophy, University of Canterbury, 1977
  • BA, Philosophy and English, University of Canterbury, 1975
Other:
  • None found