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

Websites

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.