Dr Hanhui Xu
Associate Professor in Technology Ethics
Institute of Technology Ethics for Human Future, Fudan University
220 Handan Road, Yangpu District,
Shanghai, 200433,
China
E-mail: xuhanhui@fudan.edu.cn
Career:
August 2024 – present: Associate Professor in Technology Ethics, Fudan University
December 2018 – July 2024: Lecturer in Medical Ethics, Nankai University
Education:
2014 - 2018: PhD in Ethics, Queen’s University of Belfast (QUB), Belfast, UK.
2011 - 2014: MA in Medical Ethics, Peking University (PKU), Beijing, China.
2007 - 2011: BA in Philosophy, Nanjing Normal University (NNU), Nanjing, China
Research interests:
AI Ethics, Ethical Issues of Medical AI, Bioethics/Medical Ethics.
Projects:
The Young Scholars Program of the National Social Science Fund of China (Grant No. 22CZX019): Research on the Ethical Issues of the Applications of AI in Elderly Care in the Era of Intelligence.
AntGroup Innovation Project (20241H04212): Medical Large Language Models Risk Management.
Organizations, Boards and Memberships:
Associate Editor of Philosophy and Medicine Series (Book)
Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Chinese & Comparative Philosophy of Medicine
Member of Public Health Ethics Group, Medical Ethics Branch, Chinese Medical Association
Young Member of Medical Humanities Branch of Tianjin Medical Association
Member of Tianjin Medical Ethics Council and Clinical Research Ethics Review Specialized Committee
Member of Institute Review Board of Tianjin Stomatological Hospital
Member of Institute Review Board of Xin Hua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Publications:
Monographs
Adult Children’s Filial Obligations to Their Parents, Hanhui Xu, Verlag Dr. Kovač GmbH, forthcoming.
Articles:
English:
1.Xu, H*. Genetic Moral Enhancement—A View Based on the Mencius’ Theory of Human Nature. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy (SSCI，Q1). Forthcoming.
2.Haoan Jin, Han Ying, Jiacheng Ji, Hanhui Xu*, and Mengyue Wu*. 2025. A Human-Centric Pipeline Aligning Large Language Models with Chinese Medical Ethics. Proceedings of the 40th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence.
3.Xu, H*. and Shuttleworth, K.M.J., 2025. Rethinking the Replacement of Physicians with AI: A View Based on “White Lies”. American Philosophical Quarterly (62, 1): 17-31. (AHCI, Q1).
4.Xu, H*. and Shuttleworth, K.M.J., 2024. Medical artificial intelligence and the black box problem–a view based on the ethical principle of “Do No Harm”. Intelligent Medicine (4.1): 52-57.（EI, Q1）
5.Xu, H., Yuan, M*. Family Roles in Informed Consent from the Perspective of Young Chinese Doctors: A Questionnaire Study. BMC Med Ethics 25, 2 (2024). （SSCI，Q1）
6.Hanhui Xu, Mengci Yuan*. The red packet phenomenon from the perspective of young Chinese doctors: a questionnaire study. BMC Med Ethics 23, 56 (2022): 1-10.（SSCI,Q1）
7.Mengci Yuan, Hanhui Xu*. Gender differences in response to medical red packets (Hongbao, monetary gifts): a questionnaire study on young doctors in China. BMC Med Ethics 23, 44 (2022): 1-8.（SSCI, Q1）
8.Hanhui Xu. What Kinds of Use of Sex Robots Can Be Morally Allowed? A Confucian Perspective. In: Fan R., Cherry M.J. (eds) Sex Robots. Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture, 2021, vol 28. Springer, Cham.
9.Hanhui Xu. What should adult children do for their parents? Nursing ethics, 2021 (28.3): 346-357. (SSCI, Q1)
10.Hanhui Xu. What Should Parents do for Their Children -- A Philosophical View of Parental Obligation. Journal of Open Philosophy, 2021 (11.4): 427-443.
11.Hanhui Xu. Why only the commissioning parents should undertake parental duties in surrogacy cases? The Journal for Ethics and Moral Philosophy, 2019（2.1）:5-20.
Chinese:
1.Hanhui Xu. Sexual Tools Rather Than Perfect Companions: Rethinking Sex Robots. The Journal of Chinese Medical Ethics, 2024, 37 (12): 1429-1432.
2.Hanhui Xu. Genetic Enhancement: Moral Boundaries, in Ruiping Fan et al. (eds), Constructing Chinese Bioethics: Technology-Oriented, Beijing: Oriental Publishing House, 2024: 215-233.
3.Hanhui Xu, Ruiping Fan. Addressing the Ethical Challenges of Brain-Computer Interface Technology. International Journal of Chinese & Comparative Philosophy of Medicine, 2023, 21(2): 1-10. (ESCI)
4.Hongwen Li, Hanhui Xu*. Dilemma of the Medical Ethics Education for Student of Chinese Medicine in the New Era. Journal of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine. 2022, 42(5): 830-834.
5.Hanhui Xu. The Theories of Filial Obligations in the West. International Journal of Chinese & Comparative Philosophy of Medicine. 2021, 19(1): 29-46. (ESCI)
6.Hanhui Xu. How Does Medical AI Tell Patients “White Lie”? -- A View Based on Confucian Family-Oriented Tradition. The Journal of Chinese Medical Ethics, 2021, 34(1): 26-31.
7.Hanhui Xu. The Credibility of Medical AI – A View Based on Physician-Patient Trust Theory. The Journal of Engineering Studies. 2020 (3): 252-9.
8.Hanhui Xu. The Ethical Ground of Filial Obligations. Studies in Ethics, 2019 (6): 1-6. (CSSCI)
9.Hanhui Xu. The Issue of Non-transparency of Medical AI – A View Based on Informed Consent. International Journal of Chinese & Comparative Philosophy of Medicine, 2019, 17(1): 49-58. (ESCI)
10.Hanhui Xu. Challenges and Responses: The Physician - Patient Relationship in the AI Era. International Journal of Chinese & Comparative Philosophy of Medicine, 2019, 17(2): 43-7. (ESCI)
Conferences:
2025, Emerging Medical Technologies and the Margins of Life: An International Interdisciplinary Research Project in Bioethics and the Philosophy of Medicine，Austin (USA), Presentation: “Motherless Reproduction from a Confucian Perspective”.
-- Peking University Medical Youth Science and Technology Salon (No. 175): Ethical Challenges in Medical AI, Beijing, Presentation: “Jailbreaking Evaluation on Medical Ethics”.
-- Responsible Research Conduct in Medical AI Technological Innovation: Institutional Governance and Stakeholder Responsibilities, Beijing.
-- Pujiang Forum: Science, Technology and Ethics II – China-Switzerland Dialogue on Technology and Ethics in Life Sciences: Between Tradition and Innovation, Presentation: “Assessing the performance of large language models in reproductive ethics”.
-- Symposium on Medical Artificial Intelligence, Hangzhou, Presentation: “Can Large Language Models Effectively Perform Ethical Counseling Related to Human Reproduction”.
2024, The Bioethics of Human Genetic Enhancement: An International Interdisciplinary Research Project (Round Two), Shanghai, Presentation: “Genetic Moral Enhancement—A View Based on the Mencius’ theory of Human Nature”.
-- 17th World Congress of Bioethics, Doha (Qatar), presentation: “Family Roles in Informed Consent from the Perspective of Young Chinese Doctors A Questionnaire Study”.
-- 17th World Congress of Bioethics, Doha (Qatar), presentation: “Gender Differences in Response to Medical Red Packets: A Questionnaire Study on Young Doctors in China”.
-- New View of Chinese Medical Ethics: The Symposium of Prof. Ruiping Fan’s Contemporary Medical Care and Confucianism, Xi’an, Presentation
-- China-UK Conference on the Improvement of the Regulatory Framework for New Biomedical Technologies – Peking University Health Centre Session, Beijing, presentation: “Rethinking AI Replacing Doctors -- A View Based on ‘White Lies’”
2023, International Workshop: The Bioethics of Human Genetic Enhancement: An International Interdisciplinary Research Project, Greensboro (NC, USA), presentation: “Genetic Moral Enhancement—A View Based on the Mencius’ theory of Human Nature”
-- 17th Conference on Constructing Bioethics in China, HK, presentation
-- 8th Chinese Ethical Conference, Guilin, presentation.
2022, 8th Cyber Ethical Conference, Dalian (online), presentation.
2021, Fundamental Issues of Ethics, Zhuhai, China, presentation: “The ethical problems of medical AI”.
-- Embedding AI in Society, New York (online), presentation: “The Black Box Problem of AI in Medicine-- A View Based on the Ethical Principle of ‘Do No Harm’”.
2020, IAB 2020, Philadelphia (online), presentation: “How explainable medical AI should be – a view based on nonmaleficence”.
2019, Ethics Workshop: Ethics and Its Application, Tianjin, China, presentation: “Who should undertake parental duties for "three-parent babies"? A view based on the causal account of parental duties”.
-- Emerging Ethical Issues in Medical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Beijing, presentation: “The Credibility of Medical AI – A View Based on Physician-Patient Trust Theory”.
-- International Workshop: Ethics of Biomedical Technology and Artificial Intelligence, HK, presentation: “How explainable AI should be for medical diagnosis? -- A view based on the patient`s right to informed consent”.
2017, Postgraduate Bioethics Conference 2017, Oxford, presentation.
2016, 30 Years of European Bioethics, Leuven, presentation.
-- 10th Conference on Constructing Bioethics in China, HK, presentation.
-- 13th World Congress of Bioethics, Edinburgh, poster presentation.
Teachings:
Undergraduate Modules: Medical Ethics, Bioethics, Behavioral Medicine.
Postgraduate Module: Themes in Bioethics, Introduction of Applied Ethics, Academic Integrity, Medical Law and Medical Ethics.
