Philosophy of Law; Human Rights Law, esp. regulation of the human mind; Neuroscience, Psychology & Law; Bioethics
LL.B, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg
German State Examinatorium
PhD in Law from the University of Hamburg
Interim Professor in Criminal law & Criminology (2015 – 2017), lectures in German Criminal law, Philosophy of Law, Drug law. Various classes and seminars.
Fellow at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research ZIF, Bielefeld
Principal Investigator of an interdisciplinary project on law & ethics of memory manipulation: “A duty to remember, a right to forget?”
Principal Investigator of the project INTERFACES on legal & ethical issues of Brain-Computer-Interfaces (www.bci-ethics.de)
In 2018, visting fellow at the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford
Co-Editor of the book series “Neuroscience, Law & Human Behavior” at Palgrave (together with Marc Blitz & Jane Moriarty)
Steinert/Bublitz/Friedrich/Jox (2018): Doing things with thoughts: BCI-movements and disembodied agency. Philosophy & Technology
Bublitz (2017): Means matter: On the legal relevance of the distinction between direct and indirect mind-interventions. In: Nicole Vincent (ed.), Neuro-Interventions and the Law: Regulating Human Mental Capacity. New York: Oxford University Press
Bublitz (2017): „The Soul is the Prison of the Body” – Mandatory Moral Enhancement, State Interests & Rights against Rehabilitation. In: David Birks & Thomas Douglas (eds.), Treatment for Crime: Philosophical Essays on Neurointerventions in Criminal Justice. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Paulo/Bublitz (2016): Pow(d)er to the People!? Voter manipulation, legitimacy and the relevance of moral psychology for democratic theory. Neuroethics[doi:10.1007/s12152-016-9266-7]
Bublitz (2016): Moral Enhancement and Mental Freedom. Journal of Applied Philosophy 33:1, 88–106
Bublitz (2014): Cognitive Liberty or the International Human Right to Freedom of Thought. In: Jens Clausen & Neil Levy (eds.), Springer Handbook of Neuroethics. Dordrecht: Springer,1309 – 1334
Bublitz (2014): Memory Manipulations & the Law. In: Jens Clausen & Neil Levy (eds.), Springer Handbook of Neuroethics. Dordrecht: Springer, 1279–1308
Bublitz (2014): Freedom of thought in the age of neuroscience. A plea and a proposal for the renaissance of a forgotten fundamental right. Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie 100:1, 1–25
Bublitz/Merkel (2014): Crimes Against Minds: On Mental Manipulations, Harms and a Human Right to Mental Self-Determination. Criminal Law and Philosophy 8:1, 51–77
Bublitz/Merkel (2013): Guilty Minds in Washed Brains? Manipulation Cases, Compatibilist Excuses and the Premises of Liberal Legal Orders. In: Nicole Vincent (ed.), Neuroscience and Legal Responsibility. New York: Oxford University Press, 335–374
Bublitz/Merkel (2009): Autonomy and Authenticity of Enhanced Personality Traits. Bioethics 23, 360–374