Maurizio Mori, (MA. in philosophy, University of Arizona at Tucson, PhD., Univesity of Milan) teaches bioethics at the University of Turin, Italy. After graduation in Philosophy at the State University of Milano (1974), he was Fulbright scholar at the University of Arizona (Tucson) receiving an M.A. in philosophy; and then a Ph.D. from the University of Milano.

He contributed to bioethics since late ’70s; in 1985 he started a bioethical group working within the Center Politeia in Milan; in 1989 he was a co-founder of the Consulta di Bioetica, an association devoted to promote pluralistic bioethics. Since 1993 he has been the editor of Bioetica. Rivista interdisciplinare, the only Italian journal of bioethics open to ethical pluralism. On April 1st, 2006 he was elected President of the Consulta di Bioetica.

He has written five books (one defending a utilitarian view, two on artificial insemination, one on abortion, and the last one (2002) a textbook). He is the author of over 250 papers published in Italian in international journals. His major interests are in reproductive issues and in those concerning the end of life. He has written on the history and nature of bioethics, on truth telling, the role of Ethics Committees, resource allocation, ethics of transplants, etc. He has also contributed to ethical issues about environment and non-human animals, as well as to business ethics.

He was a member of the board of directors of the International Association of Bioethics from 1992 to 2001; vice-president of the Ethics Committee of Glaxo-Wellcome from 1993 to 1996; President of the Ethics Committe of the S.Paolo Hospital in Milano from May 1998 to October 2000; member of the “Dulbecco Commission”, which was nominated by the Italian Minister of Health to report on stem cells in the fall of 2000. Currently, he is member of the Ethics Commitee for End of Life Issues in Milan, and the Interhospital Ethical Committee in Turin.