Andrew J. Barnhart

Bytes the Dust: Normative Notions in Decommissioning Digital Doppelgängers Published in The American Journal of Bioethics (Vol. 25, No. 2, 2025)

What should be done with digital doppelgängers after they can no longer be used? Do we archive them? Repurpose them? Or destroy them? My colleagues Giuseppe Comerci, Matthias Braun and myself explore these ideas and what they morally imply. #AI #Ethics

Disabilities community 'distressed,' 'scared' by proposed $200 million cut to state services - Maryland Matters Advocates are reeling at recent proposals to cut $200 million from a state agency that administers resources for people with developmental disabilities -- cuts that advocates call inhumane and harmful...

Thanks Democrats. Good to know you will be of no help when federal Republicans come after disability services. You may even be on their side!

Beyond Pathology: Bringing the Ecological-Enactive Model of Disability to Neuroethics and Mental Health Conditions Published in AJOB Neuroscience (Vol. 16, No. 1, 2025)

New publication! I explore the ecological-enactive model of disability, which reframes mental health conditions as dynamic interactions between individuals and their environments, fostering inclusivity and challenging traditional pathologizing frameworks. #Disability #MentalHealth #Neuroethics

Over 60 German universities quit social media platform X Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship - Anadolu Ajansı

Over 60 German universities quit social media platform X.

Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship.

The R-Word's Comeback Is a Grim Sign of Our Political Moment The R-slur has made a comeback thanks to the MAGA movement and Elon Musk, who use it to dehumanize their political opponents.

Why is the "anti-woke" right leaning so hard on the R-slur these days? It's a rhetorical flourish in their wider campaign of dehumanizing cruelty—a claim that their opponents are not merely wrong but incapable of forming a viable opinion.