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30Vulnerable EmbryosAmerican Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 84 (4): 781-810. 2010.Contemporary philosophical discussion on human embryonic stem cell research has focused primarily on the metaphysical and meta-ethical issues suchresearch raises. Though these discussions are interesting, largely ignored are arguments rooted in the secular research ethics tradition already informing humansubject research. This tradition countenances the notion of vulnerability and that vulnerable human subjects (of which human embryos are likely members)ought to be protected from research-relate…Read more
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20St. Ambrose, Euthanasia, and Antisenescence ArgumentsLogos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 17 (2): 39-57. 2014.
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17Because I Said So!Quaestiones Disputatae 7 (2): 31-49. 2017.Most philosophers will grant that on some issues and in some circumstances, we can acquire knowledge from another. But when it comes to moral knowledge, the presumption is on the side of autonomy; we must not rely on others for our moral beliefs. I argue here for the surprising thesis that in some circumstances we must rely on others in order to acquire moral knowledge. I believe that this, or something trivially different, is a position that Leibniz would hold. When woven together, his comments…Read more
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36Thought Experiments, the Reliability of Intuitions, and Human Embryonic Stem Cell ResearchInternational Philosophical Quarterly 56 (1): 77-98. 2016.It is common in bioethical discussion to present thought experiments or cases in order to construct an argument. Some thought experiments are quite illuminating, and ethical theorizing will often appeal at some point to one’s intuitions. But there are cases in which thought experiments are useless or do not contribute to the argument. This article considers cases presented in the context of stem cell research that are destructive of human embryos. I argue that certain popular cases that are mean…Read more
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1Motivated Cognition in Perception, Memory and Testimony: In Defense of a Responsibilist Version of Virtue EpistemologyDissertation, Saint Louis University. 2004.There is debate among virtue epistemologists concerning what is the nature of an intellectual virtue. Linda Zagzebski in Virtues of the Mind , for instance, argues that an intellectual virtue has both a success and motivational component. Furthermore, Zagzebski defines knowledge with reference to acts of intellectual virtue. An agent S knows p iff S performs an act of intellectual virtue in forming the belief that p. This means that Zagzebski is committed to the counter-intuitive claim that low-…Read more
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38Why Are Religious Reasons Dismissed? Euthanasia, Basic Goods, and Gratuitous EvilChristian Bioethics 22 (3): 276-300. 2016.
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12St. Ambrose, Euthanasia, and Antisenescence ArgumentsLogos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 17 (2): 39-57. 2014.
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37Belmont Revisited: Ethical Principles for Research with Human Subjects, edited by James F. Childress, Eric M. Meslin, and Harold T. Shapiro (review)The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 7 (4): 838-841. 2007.
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44Twinning, Identity, and Moral StatusAmerican Journal of Bioethics 13 (1): 42-43. 2013.No abstract
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33Out of the Frying Pan and Into the FireAmerican Journal of Bioethics 11 (8): 60-61. 2011.The American Journal of Bioethics, Volume 11, Issue 8, Page 60-61, August 2011.
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