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Prof. Dr. Bernhard Bleyer

Chair holder

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Bleyer has held the Chair of Theological Ethics since March 1, 2022. He teaches moral theology and social ethics on the teacher-training (Lehramt) programs. In addition, he convenes the master's program in Charity Studies and Values-Based Management and is director of the Institute for Applied Ethics in Business and Education.

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Prof. Dr. Bernhard Bleyer
Room KT 88a
Michaeligasse 13
Passau

I studied Catholic theology in Regensburg and Cochabamba (Bolivia).

In 2007, I completed a doctorate in moral theology at the University of Regensburg on the subjecthood of the poor in Latin American liberation theology. Afterwards, I worked as a teacher at various high schools and an educational consultant at Caritas. I have also been Head of the Institute for Sustainability in Technology and Economics at the OTH Amberg-Weiden and worked as a lecturer at the Chair of Theological Anthropology and Value Orientation at the University of Regensburg.

In Spring 2018, I started working as professor of Applied Ethics and Sustainable Development in Health Science at the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences at the Deggendorf Institute of Technology. I wrote my postdoctoral thesis (Habilitation) in moral theology at the Catholic Private University Linz (2019), which focusses on ethical issues in the practice of health care professions.

Since fall 2021, I have held the Chair of Theological Ethics in Passau, directing the Charity Studies and Values-Based Management program and the Institute for Applied Ethics in Business and Education.

  • Methodology in Catholic theological ethics
  • Christian Caritas in a plural society
  • Normative questions of sustainable development

Pragmatic Judgments in Direct Patient Care: Moral Theory at the Beginning of Clinical Ethics Consultation. Berlin 2023

With J. Pfirstinger, C. Blum, M. Rechenmacher, C. Wiese, H. Gruber, Determinants of Completion of Advance Directives: A Cross-Sectional Comparison of 649 Outpatients from Private Practices versus 2158 Outpatients from a University Clinic. In: British Medical Journal Open 7 (2017) 12, 1-9, dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015708

Casuistry. On a Method of Ethical Judgement in Patient Care. In HealthCare Ethics Committee Forum 32 (2020) 211-226, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10730-020-09396-7.

My full publication list can be found here. (Accessed November 25, 2023)

 

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