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146Abolishing morality in biomedical ethicsBioethics 38 (4): 316-325. 2024.In biomedical ethics, there is widespread acceptance of moral realism, the view that moral claims express a proposition and that at least some of these propositions are true. Biomedical ethics is also in the business of attributing moral obligations, such as “S should do X.” The problem, as we argue, is that against the background of moral realism, most of these attributions are erroneous or inaccurate. The typical obligation attribution issued by a biomedical ethicist fails to truly capture the…Read more
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56Basic Liberties, Consent, and Chemical RestraintsAmerican Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 15 (2). 2024.We thank all the thoughtful authors for their insightful comments. In this response, we try to address some of themes that emerged from the commentaries. We leave aside some of those comments that...
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51Moral Enhancement and the Public GoodRoutledge. 2021.Currently, humans lack the cognitive and moral capacities to prevent the widespread suffering associated with collective risks, like pandemics, climate change, or even asteroids. In Moral Enhancement and the Public Good, Parker Crutchfield argues for the controversial, and initially counterintuitive claim that everyone should be administered a substance that makes us better people. Furthermore, he argues that it should be administered without our knowledge. That is, moral bioenhancement should b…Read more
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33Conversion Disorder Diagnosis and Medically Unexplained SymptomsAmerican Journal of Bioethics 18 (5): 31-33. 2018.
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28The Future of Inductive Risk for Disorders of ConsciousnessAmerican Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 7 (1): 56-57. 2016.
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21Placebos and a New Exception to Informed ConsentAmerican Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 9 (3): 200-202. 2018.
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20Decoded Neurofeedback is Unlikely to Enhance Moral CapacitiesAmerican Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 7 (2): 125-126. 2016.
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15An Open Discussion of the Impact of OpenNotes on Clinical Ethics: A Justification for Harm-Based Exclusions from Clinical Ethics DocumentationJournal of Clinical Ethics 33 (4): 303-313. 2022.The OpenNotes (ON) mandate in the 21st Century Cures Act requires that patients or their legally authorized representatives be able to access their medical information in their electronic medical record (EMR) in real time. Ethics notes fall under the domain of this policy. We argue that ethics notes are unique from other clinical documentation in a number of ways: they lack best-practice guidelines, are written in the context of common misconceptions surrounding the purpose of ethics consultatio…Read more
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11Being Hungry Affects Oral Size PerceptionI-Perception 9 (3). 2018.Oral size perception is not veridical, and there is disagreement on whether this non-veridicality tends to underestimate or overestimate size. Further, being hungry has been shown to affect oral size perception. In the present study, we investigated the effect of hunger on oral size perception. Overall, being hungry had a small but significant effect on oral size perception and seemed to support that oral size perception tends to underestimate the size of objects. Both hungry and sated participa…Read more
Parker Crutchfield
Western Michigan University School Of Medicine
Western Michigan University
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Western Michigan University School Of MedicineProfessor
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Arizona State University
Philosophy - School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies
PhD, 2011
Areas of Specialization
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Epistemology |
Value Theory |
Philosophy of Mind |
Biomedical Ethics |
Public Health |
Medical Ethics |
Neuroethics |