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24Social rules and the actions of groups: Control of physical objects (review)Journal of Value Inquiry 18 (1): 23-34. 1984.
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36Cost containment and physicians' decisions: Rethinking the philosophy of medicineTheoretical Medicine and Bioethics 8 (1): 81-84. 1987.
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24Book Review:The Philosophy of Law: An Introduction. Thomas Morawetz (review)Ethics 92 (3): 572-. 1982.
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16""The characteristics of a valid" empirical" slippery-slope argumentJournal of Clinical Ethics 3 (4): 301-302. 1992.
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Pettman, Ralph, "Biopolitics and International Values: Investigating Liberal Norms" (review)Ethics 93 (n/a): 219. 1982.
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54Forgiving and HopingProceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 82 163-172. 2008.The word “forgiveness” and its verbal form, “forgiving,” may appear to have one and the same meaning whenever it is used. But the first thesis of this essay is that several distinct kinds of human activity are denominated by this word, and their differences are philosophically important. The second thesis of this essay is that some of the human activities denominated by this word have a close connection with hope, more specifically with hoping-in-a-person. The third thesis of this essay is that,…Read more
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32What should count as basic health care?Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 4 (2). 1983.The concept of basic healt.h care has grown steadily in importance in recent years as more and more of those who reflect on the issue of a right to health care conclude that we need to distinguish between kinds of health care to which people do have a right and others to which they do not have a right. There is little consensus on where to draw this line. But there does seem to be general agreement that, if this distinction is valid, it is so because some kinds of health care are less important,…Read more
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