Professional interests: Human Genome Editing –
safety, ethical and social aspects; Bioethics (biomedical donation,
hESCs); Biology and Social Sciences (infanticide); Biology and
Aristotle´s Metaphysics
Teaching experience: Ontology, Introduction to bioethics,
Biomedical ethics, Philosophy of biology, Evolution of social behaviour
Selected publications and presentations:
2019:
Germline genome editing and human nature
In. Peter Sýkora (ed.): Promises and perilis of emerging technologies for human condition:
Voices from four postcommunist Central and East European countries. Berlin: Peter Lang, 2019, ISBN:978-3-631-78310-8
2019: Promises and perilis of emerging technologies for human condition:
Voices from four postcommunist Central and East European countries / Peter Sýkora (2019) - (Editor). 1. edition - Berlin (Germany) : Peter Lang, 2019, ISBN:978-3-631-78310-8
https://doi.org/10.3726/b15689
2019: Defining Biomedia: On the Importance of Transcoding and Remediation /
Sýkora, Peter (2019). In: Remediation: Crossing Discursive Boundaries. Central
European Perspective. Bogumila Suwara, Mariusz Pisarski (eds.). -
1. edition - Berlin: Peter Lang, 2019, ISBN 978- 3-631-79504-0, p.
57-72.
2019: K posthumánnemu človeku prostredníctvom editovania génov pre kognitívne schopnosti = Towards the Posthuman Through the Editing of Genes for Cognitive Capabilities. Filozofia. - ISSN 0046-385X, Vol. 74, No. 7 (2019), p. 511-529.
2019: Moderný návrat k Aristotelovi: hylomorfné verzus historické esencie
= Modern Return to Aristotle: Hylomorphic versus Historical Essences. In: Filozofia, roč. 73, č. 6. s. 425-436.
2017: Germline Gene Therapy in the Era of Precise Genome Editing: How Far
Should We Go? In: Marta Soniewicka
(ed.): The Ethics of Reproductive Genetics: Between Utility, Principles, and
Virtues (Philosophy and Medicine) Publisher: Springer.
2017: SYKORA,
P., CAPLAN, A. (2017) The Council of Europe should not reaffirm the ban on
germline genome editing in humans, EMBO REPORTS, 18(11), pp. 1871–1872.
doi: 10.15252/embr.201745246.
2017: SÝKORA, P., CAPLAN, A. (2017) Germline gene
therapy is compatible with human dignity, EMBO REPORTS, 18(12), p.
2086. doi: 10.15252/embr.201745378.
2015: Etika biotechnologických zásahov do ľudského genómu: Argumenty rizikovosti a
zničenia ľudskej prirodzenosti =The Ethics of Biotechnological Interventions into Human Genome: Arguments of High Risk and Destroying Human Nature. Filozofia Vol.70,
No.5, p. 329-342.
2008: Ontológia šera: Filozofická esej o spore realizmu s
antirealizmom =
Twilight ontology: A philosophical essay on the dispute between realism and antirealism. Pusté Úľany: Schola Philosopica
2008, 285 pages, ISBN 978-80-969823-2-5.
