Professional Overview
Larisa Svirsky is a philosopher working in bioethics, normative ethics, and moral psychology. Her research at OSU is part of a project called Regulating Addiction: Paternalism, Stigma, and Health Disparities. Her long-term research has focused on our social practices of holding others responsible and how those practices involve vulnerable populations, such as children and people with mental illness and addiction. Currently she is engaged in research on the practice of using opioid treatment agreements, on e-cigarette regulation, and on the ethics of harm reduction.
