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Christine Overall

Queen's University
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  • Queen's University
    Department of Philosophy
    Retired faculty
University of Toronto, St. George Campus
Graduate Department of Philosophy
PhD, 1980
Homepage
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Areas of Specialization
Applied Ethics
Philosophy of Religion
Social and Political Philosophy
Areas of Interest
Animal Ethics
Reproductive Ethics
Aging
Death and Dying
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  •  36
    Biological Mothers and the Disposition of Fetuses After Abortion
    In James M. Humber & Robert F. Almeder (eds.), Bioethics and the Fetus, Humana Press. pp. 39--57. 1991.
    Reproductive Ethics
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    Role Muddles: The Stereotyping of Feminists
    Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women. 1992.
    Feminist Approaches to Philosophy
  • James R. Horne, The Moral Mystic (review)
    Philosophy in Review 4 (6): 263-265. 1984.
  • ‘Pluck A Fetus From Its Womb’: A Critique of Current Attitudes Toward the Embryo/Fetus
    The University of Western Ontario Law Review 24 1-14. 1986.
    Reproductive Ethics
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    Access to In Vitro Fertilization: Costs, Care and Consent
    Dialogue 30 (3): 383-397. 1991.
    Ethics
  • Longevity, Identity, and Moral Character: A Feminist Approach
    In Stephen G. Post & Robert H. Binstock (eds.), The Fountain of Youth: Cultural, Scientific and Ethical Perspectives on a Biomedical Goal, Oxford University Press. 2004.
    Feminist Ethics
  •  140
    Test-Tube Babies: A Guide to Moral Questions, Present Techniques and Future PossibilitiesWilliam A. W. Walters and Peter Singer, editors Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982. Pp. 165. $16.95 cloth: $8.95 paper - Test-Tube Women: What Future for Motherhood?Rita Arditti, Renate Duelli Klein, and Shelley Minden, editors London: Pandora Press, 1984. Pp. x, 482. $8.95 (review)
    Dialogue 24 (4): 728-730. 1985.
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    Feminism, Ontology, and ‘Other Minds’
    In Christine Overall, Sheila Mullett & Lorraine Code (eds.), Feminist Perspectives: Philosophical Essays on Method and Morals, University of Toronto Press. 1988.
    Feminist Approaches to Philosophy
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    Thinking Like a Woman: Personal Life and Political Ideas
    Sumach Press. 2001.
    ago that thinking (along with speaking and acting) “like a woman” was taken as a matter of shame and weakness. The phrase remains an insult to any man who is accused of being “like a woman” in any respect. But the only reason the phrase ...
    Feminist Approaches to Philosophy
  •  193
    Rethinking Abortion, Ectogenesis, and Fetal Death
    Journal of Social Philosophy 46 (1): 126-140. 2015.
    Social and Political PhilosophyPhilosophy of Sexuality
  •  96
    Ethics and Human Reproduction: A Feminist Analysis
    Allen & Unwin. 1987.
    This book should be essential reading for anyone interested in the new reproductive technologies, biomedical ethics, and women's health.
    Feminist EthicsFeminism: ReproductionFeminist Bioethics
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    Reply to Shrage
    Signs 19 (2): 571-575. 1994.
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    Miracles and God: A Reply to Robert A. H. Larmer
    Dialogue 36 (4): 741. 1997.
    RésuméJ'ai soutenu dans un article de 1985 que s'il y avait des miracles, cela parlerait contre l'existence du Dieu judéo-chrétien. Dans son livre de 1988 sur le concept de miracle, Robert Larmer propose une critique de mes arguments. J'évalue ici la force de cette critique. Je montre que la redéfinition de «miracle» que propose Larmer est circulaire; que sa distinction est spécieuse entre violer une hi naturelle et la surmonter grâce à la création ou la destruction d'énergie par Dieu; et que sa…Read more
    RésuméJ'ai soutenu dans un article de 1985 que s'il y avait des miracles, cela parlerait contre l'existence du Dieu judéo-chrétien. Dans son livre de 1988 sur le concept de miracle, Robert Larmer propose une critique de mes arguments. J'évalue ici la force de cette critique. Je montre que la redéfinition de «miracle» que propose Larmer est circulaire; que sa distinction est spécieuse entre violer une hi naturelle et la surmonter grâce à la création ou la destruction d'énergie par Dieu; et que sa tentative de montrer que les miracles sont le produit d'un être rationnel, bienfaisant et tout-puissant est inadéquate.
    Miracles, Misc
  • AIDS and Women: The (Hetero)Sexual Politics of HIV Infection
    In Christine Overall & William P. Zion (eds.), Perspectives on AIDS: Ethical and Social Issues, Oxford University Press. 1991.
    Medical EthicsTopics in the Philosophy of Sexual OrientationSexual OrientationsFeminist Bioethics
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    "Peep Shows and Bedroom Access": Women's Identities and the Practice of Outing
    Atlantis 23 (1): 30-37. 1998.
    Feminist Approaches to Philosophy
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