Welcome

I’m Dr. Daniel Moseley, Assistant Professor of Bioethics and Interdisciplinary Studies at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. My work is at the intersection of psychiatry, philosophy, and ethics. I teach medical students, offer training to residents and for continuing professional education, consult on clinical ethics, and do research on complex issues in psychiatric ethics, neuroethics and global health ethics.

Check out my blog, Dispatches from the Blood-Brain Barrier for bite-sized essays on topics ranging from the nature of mental disorders to the ethics of suicide prevention.

Other Academic Roles & Affiliations

Research Interests

My work spans several domains of applied ethics and philosophy, including:

  • Psychiatric Ethics
  • Neuroethics
  • Global Health Ethics
  • Philosophy of Mind & Moral Psychology
  • Human Enhancement

Education & Training

  • Ph.D. & M.A. in Philosophy, University of Virginia

  • NIH T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Health Care Quality, UNC School of Nursing

  • NIH T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mental Health Services Research, UNC/Duke

Teaching

With over 20 years of teaching experience, I’ve taught philosophy and ethics courses at:

  • The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • The University of Virginia
  • James Madison University
  • Elon University
  • Granville Correctional Center (Butner, NC)

Featured Media

I recently had the pleasure of joining Dr. Anne Metz on her podcast The Psychedelic Skeptic for a conversation focused on the question: Are psychedelic “therapies” best understood a form of medical treatment or a type of human enhancement?

At UNC, I co-founded the Philosophy and Psychiatry Program with Dr. Gary Gala. The program’s Annual Conference Series has featured renowned scholars including Kathryn Tabb, Hilde Lindemann, Jonathan Lear, Susan Levin, David Livingstone Smith, David Chalmers, Michael Cholbi, Brent Kious and more.

  • First Conference on Selected Topics in the Philosophy of Psychiatry

  • Second Conference on Transhumanism, Dehumanization and Virtual Worlds

  • Third Conference on Suicide Prevention

In a previous life, back when I was a graduate student, I worked part-time as a parking lot attendant. That chapter of my life got a feature in The Parking Lot Movie (Dir. Meghan Eckman, 2010), a documentary about capitalism, the emotional labor of work, finding meaning in work, and asphalt.

🔗 Feel free to explore my publications, courses I have taught, or get in touch for collaborations or talks at the tabs above.