INTRODUCTION: The theory and practice of global justice

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Acknowledgement

This collection was produced as a part of two Academy of Finland projects: Methods in Philosophical Bioethics (SA 131030, 2009–2014) and Synthetic Biology and Ethics (SA 272467, 2013–2017). The editors acknowledge the academy's support with gratitude.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Notes on contributors

Matti Häyry is Professor of Philosophy at Aalto University School of Business in Helsinki, Finland. During 2004–2013, he was Professor of Bioethics and Philosophy of Law at the University of Manchester in England. He was also the President of the International Association of Bioethics (IAB) during 2007–2009. He is currently studying the nature of bioethics; the ethical issues of synthetic biology; and justice and its alternatives in a globalizing world.

Tuija Takala is Research Director at Aalto University School of Business in Helsinki, Finland, and Adjunct Professor of Practical Philosophy at the University of Helsinki. During 2009–2014, she was Academy Research Fellow at the Academy of Finland, and before that Senior Lecturer in Bioethics and Moral Philosophy at the University of Manchester in England. She was also the President of the European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care during 2011–2013. She has just completed a project on the nature of philosophical bioethics; and in her current role explores the ethical issues of synthetic biology.

ORCID

Matti Häyry http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4276-4757