About Giovanni Maio
Giovanni Maio is a philosopher and medical specialist who holds the chair for ethics in medicine at Albert Ludwig University Freiburg. He studies the anthropological foundations of medicine, seeking to bring medicine and philosophy together in a new dialog. In his latest book, “Ethik der Verletzlichkeit” [“The Ethics of Vulnerability”], he develops the anthropological concept of the vulnerable person, thereby laying the foundation for ethics of care as a response to vulnerability.
