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Alejandro Miranda has a Law Degree from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and is Master in Legal Research and PhD (Law) from the Universidad de los Andes. He teaches Philosophy of Law and Logic and Argumentation at the Faculty of Law of the Universidad de los Andes. He is also a member of the Bioethics Center of the Universidad de los Andes and of the Healthcare Ethics Committee of the Universidad de los Andes Clinic.
Research Interests
His main lines of research are the ethical theory of the classical tradition of natural law, utilitarian ethical theory and applied ethics about life and death issues. He has devoted himself especially to studying the justification and applications of the principle of the double effect, a subject on which he has published a book, book chapters and numerous articles in specialized journals. He has been in charge of the following research projects: Fondecyt de Iniciación en Investigación 11121483, “The principle of the double effect and its relevance in Law. The distinction between intended effects and side effects as an element for determining legal responsibility” (2012-2013); Fondecyt Regular 1151036, “The distinction between action and omission and its relevance for determining moral and legal responsibility” (2015-2018) and Fondecyt Regular 1191349, “The relevance of the number of lives in cases of necessity. Legal implications of a problem of moral philosophy” (2019-2022).
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La distinción entre acción y omisión y su relevancia para la determinación de la responsabilidad moral y jurídica
15/03/15 → 15/03/19
Project: Research
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LA DETERMINACION DEL DERECHO EN DOMINGO DE SOTO, FRAY LUIS DE LEON Y FRANCISCO SUAREZ. LA RESPUESTA DE LA CIENCIA JURIDICA NEOESCOLASTICA ANTE LA PARABOLA DE LA IRRELEVANCIA DEL DERECHO Y LA INSUFICIENCIA DE LOS PRINCIPIOS DE JUSTICIA NATURAL
Contreras A., S. & Miranda Montecinos, A.
Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (ANID), Chile
15/11/13 → 14/11/15
Project: Research
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Versari in re illicita y voluntario indirecto en la escolástica tomista y su primera influencia en los juristas
Miranda Montecinos, A., 2022, In: Revista de Estudios Histórico-Jurídico. 54, 2, p. 689-710Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Algunas dificultades interpretativas de Summa Theologiae I-II, q. 94, a. 2, c.
Miranda Montecinos, A., 2021, Las razones del derecho. : Estudios en honor de José Joaquín Ugarte Godoy. Santiago: Thomson Reuters, p. 83-98Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Criterios de justicia para la asignación de recursos médicos escasos en situaciones de pandemia
Miranda, A., Aug 2021, In: Veritas. 49, p. 55-70 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Dos mitos sobre la eutanasia y el suicidio asistido
Miranda Montecinos, A., 2021, La eutanasia y el suicidio asistido. Una mirada multidisciplinaria. Pamplona: Eunsa. Ediciones Universidad de Navarra, p. 29-47Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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El salario justo en los teólogos jesuitas de la segunda escolástica: Luis de Molina, Francisco Suárez y Juan de Lugo
Contreras, S., Miranda Montecinos, A. & Sierra, A., Jun 2021, In: Bajo Palabra. 26, 26, p. 255-269 15 p.Translated title of the contribution :The fair salary in the jesuit theologians of the second scholasticism: Luis de Molina, Francisco Suárez and Juan de Lugo Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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