Sean Aas

Sean Aas is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Georgetown University and a Senior Research Scholar at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics. He holds a PhD in Philosophy from Brown University (2013) and has held fellowships at Goethe University Frankfurt and the NIH. His work bridges political philosophy and bioethics, with a focus on disability, embodiment, and social justice.

Education: PhD in Philosophy from Brown University (2013).

Research Interests: Bioethics, metaethics, disability studies, distributive justice, and the ethical implications of bodily autonomy. Key themes include disability as a social construct, the ethics of medical technology, and the role of embodiment in moral philosophy.

Recent Work: Recent publications address philosophical puzzles in bioethics, such as death determination, prosthetic ethics, and the societal treatment of disability. His work on conversion therapies and health equity highlights intersections between ethics and LGBTQ+ rights.