Prof David Albert Jones
Research Fellow
Professor David Jones is Professor in Bioethics at St. Mary’s University, Twickenham, Clinical Professor at the Plunkett Centre for Ethics, Australian Catholic University and Committee Secretary to the Augustine Bioethics Network. Professor Jones read Natural Sciences and Philosophy at Cambridge (1984-1987), and Theology at Oxford (1992-2000). He is an examiner for the Society of Apothecaries’ Diploma in the Philosophy of Medicine. He is a Corresponding Member of the Pontifical Academy for Life and is a member of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the EU (COMECE) Commission on Ethics. He was on a working party which helped draft the GMC guidance on Treatment and Care towards the End of Life in 2010 and, while not formally a member, regularly attended the Moral and Ethical Advisory Group (MEAG) that provided independent advice to the UK government on moral, ethical and faith considerations during COVID (2019-2022). From 2009 to 2024 he was Vice-chair of the Ministry of Defence Research Ethics Committee and from 2010 to 2025 he was Director of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre. In 2017 he received the Paul Ramsey Award for Excellence in Bioethics.
Publications: The Soul of the Embryo (2004); Approaching the End (2007); Angels: A Very Short Introduction (2011); Chimera’s Children (ed. with C. MacKellar 2012) Thinking Christian Ethos (with S. Barrie 2015); The Moral Philosophy of Elizabeth Anscombe (ed. with L. Gormally and R. Teichmann 2016); Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: Lessons from Belgium (ed. with C. Gastmans and C. MacKellar 2017).
Further details and contact information available on the Network website: www.abnethics.org
Email: david.jones@stmarys.ac.uk
Email: david.jones@stmarys.ac.uk