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20In defense of live kidney donationAmerican Journal of Bioethics 4 (4). 2004.This Article does not have an abstract
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18Is There an Ethical Obligation to Disclose Controversial Risk? A Question From the ACCORD TrialAmerican Journal of Bioethics 14 (4): 4-10. 2014.Researchers designing a clinical trial may be aware of disputed evidence of serious risks from previous studies. These researchers must decide whether and how to describe these risks in their model informed consent document. They have an ethical obligation to provide fully informed consent, but does this obligation include notice of controversial evidence? With ACCORD as an example, we describe a framework and criteria that make clear the conditions requiring inclusion of important controversial…Read more
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18Peirce's Concept of Community: Its Development & ChangeTransactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 7 (1). 1971.
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18Competence and paternalismBioethics 16 (3). 2002.Some bioethicists have argued in favor of a sliding scale notion of competence, paternalistically requiring greater competence in relation to more significant risk. I argue against a sliding scale notion, taking issue with the positions of Allen E. Buchanan and Dan W. Brock, Ian Wilkes, and Joel Feinberg. Rejecting arguments that a sliding scale is supported by legal cases, by ordinary usage, and by fallible judgments about competence, I argue in favor of greater evidence of competence when risk…Read more
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17New directions in ethics: the challenge of applied ethics (edited book)Routledge and Kegan Paul. 1986.
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16Response to the Open Peer Commentaries on “Is There an Ethical Obligation to Disclose Controversial Risk? A Question From the ACCORD Trial”American Journal of Bioethics 14 (4). 2014.No abstract
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15Philosophy and Politics (review)Review of Metaphysics 41 (3): 631-632. 1988.In this study, which is volume 113 of the International Archives of the History of Ideas, Peperzak attempts to link Hegel's declared "external and subjective" Preface to the relevant "scientifically analyzed" aspects of his philosophy. In this Peperzak insists, with Hegel, that politics and philosophy must be viewed in unity. The tension between the critical function of philosophy, the rationality of the then-current order, and the political demands of the censor dominates the commentary. Hegel …Read more
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14A Coherence Theory in Ethics (edited book)Rodopi. 1994.This book offers a comprehensive approach to moral experience. It respects the many dimensions of our moral life which elude the traditional philosophical theories that deal exclusively with principles, consequences, virtues, or some other single dimension. Working from a critique of such traditions, the book shows how to integrate their values in a dynamic coherence. Thus, it is not just another ethical theory, but a new level of philosophizing in ethics which rewards the reader with an enlarge…Read more
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14The mutuality of liberty, equality, and fraternityJournal of Social Philosophy 17 (3): 7-12. 1986.
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10A Taxonomy and an Ethicist’s Toolbox: Mapping a Plurality of Normative ApproachesAmerican Journal of Bioethics 19 (11): 78-80. 2019.Volume 19, Issue 11, November 2019, Page 78-80.
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9A Fault in the Utilitarian Theory of ConductSouthern Journal of Philosophy 13 (3): 275-279. 1975.
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9Ethical & legal issues in nursingBroadview Press. 2019.This book is a comprehensive introduction to the many ethical and legal issues that arise in the practice of nursing. Ethical analysis is supplemented with the rigorous discussion of precedents from the American legal system as well as the requirements of professional codes operating at the national and state levels. Topics include informed consent, end-of-life treatment, impaired decisional capacity, privacy and confidentiality, and much more.
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6Justice: Simple Theories, Complex ApplicationsSouthern Journal of Philosophy 25 (1): 31-38. 1987.
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6Falling on One’s Sword for Truth: Deception by Ethicist Should Be NarrowAmerican Journal of Bioethics 21 (5): 20-21. 2021.Clinical ethics consultants should show bold moral courage in discharging their duties to patients, families, and healthcare providers. Given the corrosive impact on trust, and on the appropriate d...
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5Expanding the Use of Continuous Sedation Until Death: Moving Beyond the Last Resort for the Terminally IllJournal of Clinical Ethics 26 (2): 121-131. 2015.As currently practiced, the use of continuous sedation until death (CSD) is controlled by clinicians in a way that may deny patients a key choice in controlling their dying process. Ethical guidelines from the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pain Medicine describe CSD as a “last resort,” and a position statement from the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine describe it as “an intervention reserved for extreme situations.” Accordingly, patients must progres…Read more
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5Implicit Fuzzy Specifications, Inferior to Explicit BalancingAmerican Journal of Bioethics 22 (7): 21-23. 2022.Lukas J. Meier et al. offer the promise of a pathway for resolving clinical bioethical problems using an artificial intelligence interface. The ultimate goal, we assume, is...
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4The Dying Experience: Expanding Options for Dying and Suffering PatientsRowman & Littlefield International. 2019.This book examines when it is morally appropriate for medical intervention to hasten the dying process. The authors’ overriding goal is to humanize the dying process by expanding patient centered autonomous control.
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2Clarifying an Expanded Use of Continuous Sedation Until Death: A Reply to the Commentary by McCammon and PiemonteJournal of Clinical Ethics 26 (3): 266-269. 2015.Susan D. McCammon and Nicole M. Piemonte offer a thoughtful and thorough commentary on our manuscript entitled “Expanding the use of Continuous Sedation Until Death.” In this reply we attempt to clarify and further defend our position. We show how continuous sedation until death is not a “first resort” but rather a legitimate option among many that should available to terminally ill patients whose life expectancy is less than six months. We also attempt to show that we do not equivocate the mean…Read more
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1International Application of the Theory of JusticePacific Philosophical Quarterly 62 (4): 393-402. 1981.
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Moral Theory: A Contemporary OverviewJones & Bartlett Publishers. 1996.This contemporary examination of moral theory succinctly covers the full range of theoretical positions, from extreme particularism to moral ideals. Students are challenged to think critically about abstract theories and to use acquired knowledge to support moral experience. In this comprehensive approach to the study of ethics the student is exposed to numerous positions, asked to consider their strengths and weaknesses, and guided to understand how typically opposed theories can jointly aid mo…Read more
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The Nature and Function of the Concept of the Community in the Early and Later Thought of C. S. PeirceDissertation, The Pennsylvania State University. 1969.
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Areas of Interest
Applied Ethics |
Philosophy of the Americas |