website nationality notable_works article_title education name occupation
-lsb- http://departments.columbian.gwu.edu/philosophy/people/130 homepage -rsb- george washington university american '' status '' -lrb- 1996 -rrb- taking animals seriously : mental life and moral david degrazia
 ba of oxford -rrb- phd -lrb- georgetown university -rrb- -lrb- university of chicago -rrb- mstud -lrb- university david degrazia professor of philosophy , george washington university
david degrazia

david degrazia is an american moral philosopher specializing in bioethics and animal ethics .
he is professor of philosophy at george washington university , where he has taught since 1989 , and the author or editor of several books on ethics , including `` taking animals seriously : mental life and moral status '' -lrb- 1996 -rrb- , `` human identity and bioethics '' -lrb- 2005 -rrb- , and `` creation ethics : reproduction , genetics , and quality of life '' -lrb- 2012 -rrb- .
degrazia is also a senior research fellow in the department of bioethics , national institutes of health .
