The ''Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal'' is a quarterly

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established in 1991. It is published by the

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on behalf of the

Kennedy Institute of Ethics The Kennedy Institute of Ethics (also known as Joseph and Rose Kennedy Institute of Ethics) is one of the most prestigious bioethics institutes in the world. Located at Healy Hall, it was established at Georgetown University in 1971 as a bioethi ...

and focuses on questions of

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such as those relating to the research of and therapeutic use of human embryonic stem cells,

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, and genetic manipulation, as well as issues of global justice, research in the developing world,

environmental ethics In environmental philosophy, environmental ethics is an established field of practical philosophy "which reconstructs the essential types of argumentation that can be made for protecting natural entities and the sustainable use of natural resour ...

, food ethics, and issues of governance and expertise in

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. The current Editor-in-Chief is

Quill Kukla Quill Kukla (previously known as Rebecca Kukla) is a Canadian and American philosopher. They are a Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University and the Senior Research Scholar at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics. They are also Humboldt Resear ...

. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2015

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of 1.129, ranking it 22nd out of 51 journals in the category "Ethics".

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* Bioethics journals Ethics literature Georgetown University academic journals English-language journals Johns Hopkins University Press academic journals Quarterly journals Publications established in 1991 1991 establishments in the United States {{ethics-journal-stub

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