Email

matthew.shea@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Center for Medical Ethics & Health Policy - Clinical
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

Education

PhD from Saint Louis University

05/2018 - St. Louis, MO

Philosophy

Fellowship at UCLA Health Ethics Center

07/2020 - Los Angeles, CA

Clinical Ethics

Professional Interests

• Philosophical bioethics
• Ethical theory
• Clinical ethics
• Vulnerable patients

Selected Publications

• Shea, M. "The Ethical Standard for End-of-Life Decisions for Unrepresented Patients." American Journal of Bioethics. 2025;25(9):74-85. Pubmed PMID: 39432315
• Shea, M. "The Ethics of Clinical Ethics." HEC Forum. 2025;37:389-410. Pubmed PMID: 39611879
• Shea, M. "Principlism’s Balancing Act: Why the Principles of Biomedical Ethics Need a Theory of the Good." Journal of Medicine and Philosophy. 2020;45(4-5):441-470. Pubmed PMID: 32726809
• Shea, M. "The Quality of Life is Not Strained: Disability, Human Nature, Well-Being, and Relationships." Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal. 2019;29(4):333-366. Pubmed PMID: 31983697